The Conversion Practices Ban Bill 2024, introduced into the NSW Parliament yesterday, seeks to ban “conversion practices” aimed at changing or suppressing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity captures some forms of prayer and counselling, but not sermons or… Continue Reading
Queensland’s proposed Anti-Discrimination Bill 2024 could make it impossible for doctrinally conservative churches to discipline clergy. This problem in the proposed law is revealed in an analysis on the Law and Religion Australia site by Dr Alex Deagon, an Associate Professor in the… Continue Reading
Joseph Holmes Via Religion Unplugged Are faith-based projects such as “The Chosen” not considered for secular awards because of anti-Christian bias? Well, it’s complicated. The faith-based film industry has been around in its modern incarnation for 20 years now —… Continue Reading
Lowitja O’Donohue AC CBE DSG (1932-2024) was farewelled on International Women’s day at St Peters Cathedral Adelaide. The service was led by the Cathedral Dean (senior minister) and National Aboriginal Bishop Chris McLeod. We almost lost her in the first… Continue Reading
Baptist Irony: the campaign against Covid vaccination mandates popped up again in the wake of a court case that found that the Queensland police had not correctly set up their covid rules. The Other Cheek reported on the reaction of… Continue Reading
A new report estimates that the state of Tasmania benefited from over $70 million in social impact value from faith groups in the past 12 months. 209,057 Tasmanians were served by the work of paid and volunteer workers for churches and… Continue Reading
If you ask whether students at Bible Colleges use AI, the answer is a firm yes from across the spectrum. Chris Mulherin, who teaches part-time at a college in Melbourne, says the basic rule is “they must declare it.” He… Continue Reading
Ravaged by deforestation, Northern Kenya is on the front line of combating climate change: “Generate”, a project of Anglican Aid, is working on better techniques of water harvesting, revegetation, and improving the lives of the poorly paid church workers. Norm… Continue Reading
Major Christian publishers like IVP (both US and UK), Crossway and Tyndale are now being distributed by Booktopia, Australia’s largest locally-owned bookstore. This means Christian authors like A W Tozer and Don Carson are available on the Booktopia Publisher Services… Continue Reading
Melbourne-based writer Nils von Kalm tells the story of moving through deconstruction of his faith, and becoming a “recovering evangelical.” His story raises the topic of what are the core necessary elements of faith – or in the wording of… Continue Reading