The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, has identified defending religious freedom as a “strategic priority” as this month’s Sydney Synod meets to discuss its funding priorities for the next three years. “Religious freedom is under increasing threat in Australia… Continue Reading
Nils von Kalm writes I love hearing and reading about stories of redemption. A dear friend of mine sent me a clip this morning advertising the Lazarus Community Centre Geelong. It opened in 2017 as a place where homeless people… Continue Reading
Has the Katoomba Christian Convention (KCC) lost momentum? Remarks by a former chair of the convention, Phillip Jensen, the former dean of Sydney, suggest that the convention’s links to some major Christian institutions may be weaker. “When I became the… Continue Reading
Daniel Silliman of Roys Report via Religion Unplugged A charismatic televangelist who created a career out of her past as a career criminal and drug dealer now has a startling new revelation: Aliens harvested her eggs. Katie Souza, whose show… Continue Reading
A detailed report by UK based think tank The Lindisfarne Centre for the Study of Christian Persecution has published a detailed 125-page report on the potential genocide of Afghanistan’s Christians. The several thousand remaining Afghan Christians, “are already being subjected… Continue Reading
An appeal by Anglican Aid
Christian aid agency Samaritan’s Purse has decided not to accept $US300m in funds from the Trump Administration, according to a report on the Devex website. The funding is part of a larger, nearly $US2bn program through the State Department, in… Continue Reading
Gordon Cheng Dexamethasone is keeping me awake at 2.37 am, Star-date Thursday 27 August 2026, and I am loving it. Means that around the house I am cleaning things up, sweeping stuff down, returning to computer and self editing as… Continue Reading
“We praise God that after a significant decline before and during the COVID period, the Diocese has now surpassed its pre-COVID attendance levels,” the Sydney Anglican Diocese’s Standing Committee reports in the 2026 Synod papers. The report notes, “This is based… Continue Reading
Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean (January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026) Charles Brammall Each of our kids has their own songs, “Son of a Preacher Man”, “Little Ray of Sunshine”, a US3 song I can’t find anymore, and “Baba O’Reilly”… Continue Reading