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
In Sydney, which wears the crown of Australia’s most fractious city, Christian leaders and lay, Orthodox to Pentecostal, Uniting to Anglican, came together in two sold-out concerts in the Opera House last weekend. Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan premiered the… 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. On my first trip overseas many years ago (to Asia),… Continue Reading
A bill to ban abortions after 25 weeks, except when necessary to save the life of the mother or in cases of serious fetal abnormalities, passed the SA Legislative Council 10 votes to 9, but lost in the SA lower… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Good job: A headline, “Bishops welcome minimum wage increase,” is on the Catholic Weekly site. Would one find it on an Anglican site? If not, why not, Obadiah asks. The Catholic Weekly story reveals that, acting… Continue Reading