Rishabh Jain / Religion Unplugged NEW DELHI — In the bamboo-and-tarpaulin shelters of Thaizawl camp, 11 miles from the nearest town in the hills of Mizoram, a 75-year-old woman named Nuhawih survives on rice, lentils and salt. She walked for… Continue Reading
Jonathan Fletcher, once one of the most influential evangelical leaders in England, has been found to have committed a series of indecent assaults on a man over more than twenty years. Fletcher, who is aged 83, had been judged not… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Not a calf, but maybe a lot of bull: A MAGA pastor explained that this statute at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club is definitely not a Golden calf after he was criticised for dedicating it. Pastor Mark Burns,… Continue Reading
What’s a bit of sarcasm between friends? A good atheist friend has sent me this solid sledge of America’s conservative Christians. How much should I say “Ouch?” Let’s find out. The satire comes from “Mrs. Betty Bowers, America’s Best Christian,” and… Continue Reading
The Other Cheek got a good schooling this week when covering the story of author and prominent conference speaker Sam Allberry, a strong advocate for ceilibacy about what he would call “same-sex attracted Christians.” The elders of his church, Immanuel,… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall My lovely Filipino mother-in-law, Amy Lily Torrente, is Executive Director of Resources for the Blind, Inc. (RBI) Philippines. RBI differs from other missions to the sight-compromised in that it is not merely a development organisation focused on disability-inclusive… Continue Reading
Peace, or the absence of it is on many tongues right now. The Other Cheek met a peacemaker this week, Joyce Ajlouny, the leader of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a century-old aid and advocacy group that has changed… Continue Reading
“There are no rocks being thrown from this corner,” says Dominic Steele on a special edition this week of his Pastor’s Heart podcast. Sydney Anglicanism’s leading podcaster is speaking about Sam Allberry, a strong advocate for celibacy among LGBT Christian… Continue Reading
ADF Alliance Defending Freedom A judge dismissed criminal charges against a Glaswegian grandmother who was arrested for offering consensual conversation in a “buffer zone”, in a significant victory for free speech last week. Sheriff Stuart Reid’s ruling, dismissing two charges… Continue Reading
Anglican Bishop Keith Dalby of the Diocese of The Murray in South Australia has appealed the finding of the Anglican Church’s Episcopal Standards Board finding that the bishop should be deposed from Holy Orders and given three weeks to resign.… Continue Reading