Ben Swift highlights how tough it is to get a minister for his church. Alarm bells sounded literally for an evangelical Anglican church in the diocese of Southern Queensland recently. As an ambulance arrived mid-service to check the vital signs… Continue Reading
Canon Daniel Lawrence Willis (1954-2026) Two tributes for Canon Daniel Willis who headed the NSW Bible Society and organised major conferences for the conservative Anglican network Gafcon. He served as Rector of Frenchs Forest then as a minister at St… Continue Reading
While questions of religious freedom for Christian schools have generated campaigns and activity, due to a series of legislative initiatives, conversion bills and a specific bill introduced by Allegra Spender, another side of the debate has been ignored in discussion… Continue Reading
A call to proclaim the gospel – to evangelise – and read the Bible in small groups is the core message of a new Vatican document. ” Venite ad Me: Considerations on the Transmission of the Faith in an Epochal Change,… Continue Reading
Daniel Silliman, the journalist who broke the Ravi Zacharias story, gives an inside account of the wave of writers leaving Christianity Today and why independent Christian journalism is being compromised. The Other Cheek reprints this account with Silliman’s permission. There’s… Continue Reading
My early years as a Christian included a couple of nervous breakdowns, one of them quite severe. A desire to please God, to be rid of sin, and a failure to see that sanctification is God’s work, not mine, sent… Continue Reading
Tasmanian Baptists’ Matt Garvin says clear answers are needed on the kinds of help Tasmanians can seek from churches or mosques under the proposed law. If someone asks their pastor for help to live by their faith, what should the… Continue Reading
Pentecostal pastor Bishop Brian Tamaki of Destiny Church, based in Aotearoa New Zealand, has been denied entry to Australia. “Tamaki took to social media saying he had flown to Brisbane for a church conference, when he was detained by the… Continue Reading
The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) reports that they have increased their representation on the church’s General Synod (national church parliament). CEEC is a broad-based evangelical network that includes the UK’s CMS and Church Society. CEEC’s National Director, John… Continue Reading
To visit Parramatta Baptist, a church doing the very Baptist thing of celebrating its anniversary, the Other Cheek needed to carefully avoid a large construction zone; they are building a new church building (pictured above), having simply outgrown their 1980s… Continue Reading