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Deeming suspended, not expelled, Vic Libs step back from the brink

Posted on 27/03/2023 by John Sandeman
Moira Deeming

A spirit of compromise has allowed the Victorian Liberals to avoid either expelling Moira Deeming, the conservative Christian upper house member, or undermining John Pesutto the party leader who had called for her to be removed. Instead, Deeming, who attended… Continue Reading →

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Confessing group in the Uniting Church decides to cease operations

Posted on 26/03/2023 by John Sandeman
Assembly of Confessing Churches meeting

A Special General Meeting of the Assembly of Confessing Congregations Inc has voluntarily voted to cease business operations as of 30 April 2023. Over 90 per cent of the members at the meeting supported the closure. The Assembly of Confessing… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Confessing church, Evangelicals, Uniting Church
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Why an anti-trans rally might not be such a good idea after all.

Posted on 25/03/2023 by John Sandeman
Moira Deeming

Politicians of various colours , whether the deep blue Moira Deeming (pictured) from the Vic Liberals or Lidia Thorpe, the ex-Green Senator, have made heavy weather of rallies on trans issues. Deeming faces a party room motion to expel her… Continue Reading →

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Fresh tales of persecution and answers to prayer

Posted on 24/03/2023 by John Sandeman

Dan Ole Shani, the Kenyan-born CEO of Open Doors International, brought stories of current persecution during his recent Australian visit. Open Doors is a ministry to the persecuted church, famously started by Bible Smuggler Brother Andrew. But Shani told a… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Persecuted Church
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Pastor John McMartin sentenced

Posted on 23/03/2023 by John Sandeman
Pastor John McMartin with Pastor Carol McMartin

The long-time lead pastor at the multi-campus Inspire church, John McMartin has been sentenced to an intensive corrections order with 120 hours of community service. A breach of the order could land him in prison with a 16 months sentence… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, John Mcmartin, Pentecostals
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Christians in black shirts? Not a good look.

Posted on 22/03/2023 by John Sandeman
Chriscoveries assault

Mark Latham got cancelled last night by a group that came out to demonstrate in support of him. An election meeting at St. Michaels Church in Belfield, in inner southwestern Sydney, was closed by the police after 500 back-clad counter-demonstrators… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Politics, Religious Freedom
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The most important fact about Hillsong

Posted on 21/03/2023 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column In the rubble: Missionaries have come to have a unique role in the earthquake zone. When relief teams from other nations arrive to give aid in the earthquake zone – they can’t speak the language. That’s… Continue Reading →

Book Review, Latest, News Christian news, Hillsong

So why do church anyway?

Posted on 20/03/2023 by John Sandeman
Gathered Together detail

Gathered Together, a new book by SMBC lecturer and long-time pastor Karl Deenick is dedicated to the idea that church is where Christians should want to be. Yet with some surveys showing a good chunk of church members are not… Continue Reading →

Book Review, Latest, News Christian news, Church attendance

Hillsong’s honoraria: big preachers get big money

Posted on 19/03/2023 by John Sandeman
Brian Houston at James River Assembly, August 2022

The key revelation in the Hillsong papers tabled by the member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, might be the disclosure of details of what visiting big-name preachers have been paid. The papers lift the lid on the exclusive club of celebrity… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Brian Houston, Christian news, Hillsong, Pentecostals

Videos to share for Good Friday and Easter Sunday

Posted on 18/03/2023 by John Sandeman
Dan Paterson

Questioning Christianity’s Dan Paterson has produced short videos for Easter that are open for anyone to share. Questioning Christianity is an Australian apologetics ministry based in Queensland that is building up a library of videos aimed at the curious outsider,… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Easter

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