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Compassion chooses to sue a whistleblower …

Posted on 08/11/2026 by John Sandeman
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Compassion International, a global Christian child sponsorship agency, has filed a lawsuit against Andrew Vesey, a former business analyst working for the agency, turned whistleblower. Compassion is a favoured charity among many evangelical Christians because it integrates meeting the physical… Continue Reading →

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Once tried for Heresy, NZ’s oldest man Lloyd Geering meets Jesus

Posted on 07/11/2026 by John Sandeman
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Sir Lloyd George Geering ONZ GNZM CBE (26 February 1918 – 5 November 2026) Lloyd Gearing was New Zealand / Aotearoa’s oldest living man from 17 September 2025 until his death. But he was more famous, certainly among Christians, for his heresy trial. He… Continue Reading →

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Stranger than you thought: Luther, Müntzer & the Peasant Wars

Posted on 05/11/2026 by Charles Brammall

After Martin Luther launched the Reformation on October 31, 1517, prompting some Christians to celebrate Reformation Sunday this week, a rebellion followed about seven years later. Charles Brammall recounts the mystical influence behind the Reformation’s early split when peasants rebelled.… Continue Reading →

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Andrew Sedra dreams of a big church, so he preaches that God wants his small congregation to pay and pay

Posted on 05/11/2026 by John Sandeman
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SavedGoals92Overall score 1,567 words “What are you actually believing God for?” Pastor Andrew Sedra asked Echoe Church last Sunday. “What are you actually going for? But today I want to flip the script and change the narrative. It’s not what do… Continue Reading →

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Progressive Christians surf a blue wave in US elections

Posted on 04/11/2026 by John Sandeman
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White evangelicals in the US supported President Trump: now with a blue wave of Democrats gaining office at this year’s mid-term elections, it is the turn of progressive Christians to gain a measure of Power. (White Evangelical support for Republicans… Continue Reading →

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It won’t be cringy: An evangelistic drama that churches can put on

Posted on 04/11/2026 by John Sandeman
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The Mark Drama is a fast-paced, theatre-in-the-round, no-fuss, dramatic presentation of the life of Jesus that your church should consider putting on. That’s the message that Sam Mills, chair of Mark Drama Australia, wants to get across. But as he… Continue Reading →

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How the Jensens challenged and changed the Church of England

Posted on 03/11/2026 by John Sandeman
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England exported evangelical Christianity to Australia on the First Fleet in the person of Richard Johnson. Andrew Atherson, Professor of Modern Anglicanism at Oxford University, recounted how a vital strain of evangelicalism was re-exported to the Church of England in… Continue Reading →

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60 Christians killed in Ethiopia – Orthodox church calls for justice

Posted on 02/11/2026 by John Sandeman
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Sixty Christians have been killed in two armed attacks in the Oromo region of Ethiopia according to a statement at the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s Synod. Tewahedo Media Center published the Synod statement: “On October 20 and 24, 2026, 14… Continue Reading →

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Documented: Coalition promises to reject Allegra Spender’s schools bill

Posted on 02/11/2026 by John Sandeman

The Shadow Attorney-General, Senator Michaelia Cash, has given an absolute assurance that the coalition parties will not support Allegra Spender’s bill to remove provisions for religious schools. The Spender bill repeals and replaces Section 38 of the Sex Discrimination Act… Continue Reading →

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Lyle Shelton interviews Pastor Andrew Sedra, who then makes wild accusations.

Posted on 01/11/2026 by John Sandeman
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Family First’s National Director Lyle Shelton interviewed Pastor Andrew Sedra of Echo Church in southwest Sydney on his podcast and found it hard to rein his interviewee in from making some wild accusations. Lyle Shelton would have already known that… Continue Reading →

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