The strange patchwork that makes up the Anglican Church of Australia was analysed by Jeremy Greaves, the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, in his Presidential Address this week. (In Anglican synods (church parliaments), the Presidential Address is a chance for the… Continue Reading
Gao Zhensai of China Aid via Religion Unplugged Nine members of Beijing’s Zion Church have been released on bail after more than eight months in detention, while nine remaining church leaders now face more serious criminal charges in one of… Continue Reading
Decades later, I still mourn the kids i was in Sunday school with, who faded out from church when they started high school or a little later. i still remember names and faces. Attending a Youthworks College “Theology thinktank” this… Continue Reading
Court documents lodged by the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland’s recievers, SV partners, in the Queensland Supreme Court, seek authority to sell twenty-two churches, plus one instance of vacant land. The church sales have been triggered by a large redress… Continue Reading
In the lead-up to the 250th anniversary of the USA (semiquincentennial), Peter Bentley provides a selection of articles from his series looking at the USA through American film and television. Note: at present this article is part of a collection, hopefully… Continue Reading
Melbourne’s Anglican Archbishop Ric Thorpe challenged his flock to grow thousands of leaders to grow the church in an address at Ridley College this month. The Archbishop’s 2026 Anglican Institute Lecture on Discernment and Partnerships: Renewal for the Diocese of Melbourne highlighted… Continue Reading
As an attempt to ban abortions after 24 weeks and 6 days in SA was debated in the State parliament last week, the mover of the motion in the lower house had a personal reason to seek to narrow the… Continue Reading
Realcommercial.com.au has described as a ‘vast portfolio’ a list of properties the North Queensland Anglican Diocese is selling to fund payments to survivors of abuse under the Federal redress scheme and to resize the church’s footprint. “Colliers Townsville is handling… Continue Reading
Paul Marshall via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Evangelicals and indigenous peoples’ rights are not often put in the same sentence, but in Canada, they are deeply intertwined. June 21 is Canada’s national Indigenous Peoples Day. It has been celebrated since 1996, stimulated… Continue Reading
The idea that the Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain, Fernández de Quirós claimed Australia for the Holy Spirit, backed up by a claim of a prophecy by the Pentecostal Preacher Smith Wigglesworth, was debunked in a recent column… Continue Reading