A high proportion of churchgoers in Australia have university degrees, and it is increasing according to the National Church Life Survey (NCLS) results. The 2021 NCLS survey result was 44 per cent of churchgoers with bachelor’s degrees or higher. NCLS… Continue Reading
Undeceptions the podcast has given birth to Undeceptions the conference in Sydney this weekend and next week in Melbourne. the sign at the conference defined “Undeceive” – “to free from deception, illusion or error.” To which might be added “and… Continue Reading
You usually don’t find Victim Impact statements in the media. But here’s one that made Obadiah cry. (Although that is not hard.) For four months, Ju Zhang’s body lay in a Melbourne landfill. Meticulous police work tracked the killer and… Continue Reading
Is the Voice faltering because of cockiness, as Nine Papers’ Michael Koziel suggests? Have progressive forces been seduced by the idea that victory follows victory? If so, the Arc of history may be to blame. “We shall overcome because the… Continue Reading
“We are committed to upholding the Bible as the inerrant and infallible Word of God written in its original form,” says the “mission plan” of a Uniting Church (UCA) in the Lake Macquarie region near Newcastle, NSW. Whether or not… Continue Reading
Local churches have been given a vital task, keeping records for a minimum of 45 years, with key groups recommending 100 years or ‘indefinately’ meaning forever. Churches have been on notice since the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child… Continue Reading
As a viral video of women from the Christian Kuki tribe in northeast India being paraded naked in public, groped, gang-raped by Hindu men draws attention, this article from Religion Unplugged examines the evidence for persecution of Christians. The video… Continue Reading
A discussion of how NSW/ACT Baptists can enforce a policy against same-gender marriage and gay and lesbian ministers rumbles on online. The Baptists adopted a “position statement” against “sexual intimacy outside” a “lifelong faithful union of one man and one… Continue Reading
ABUJA, Nigeria (Morning Star News) – Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists on Sunday (July 16) killed six Christians in Benue state, Nigeria, the latest of 37 Christians slain in the past three weeks in the state, sources said. The assailants arrived on… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column ### No comment needed ### Baring with Gafcon: “Is this too risqué for Gafcon?” asked one social media commenter. The ad for a Galfcon (Global Anglican Futures Conference ) meeting in Australia was the object of… Continue Reading