Philip and Deanne Gerber are “not really camper/caravan people,” but have come up with an adventurous idea in retirement. They will be grey nomads of a different, not-so-nomadic sort. Instead of touring, they are heading out from Sydney to spend… Continue Reading
One case study in the guide to the Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act (CSP Act), devised by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC) for the Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV), is especially troubling to this… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Thanks: After three weeks of jury service, Obadiah is back to what passes as normal. Thank you to the writers The Other Cheek has featured over the last little while. ### Thanks again: it turns out… Continue Reading
Gay and Lesbian advocates sometimes talk about the Bible’s six ”clobber” verses. But the word “clobber” got another workout this week in the defamation loss suffered by Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto. Pesutto was found to have defamed crossbencher MP… Continue Reading
The origins of “Providing safety for LGBTQA People of Faith“, a guide for Baptists to the 2022 Victorian Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Act has now been detailed to The Other Cheek by a spokesperson for the Baptist Union… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall explains why setting up a mission to entertainers, called ENTER, also meant setting up a church in the local school. Our most important strategy to drive and support the mission was to plant ENTER and its church in… Continue Reading
Restrictions on what to say about sex features in “Providing safety for LGBTQA People of Faith” and labeled as “A guide for the Baptist Union of Victoria (BUV) ” published by the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC).… Continue Reading
The Baptist Morling College, until 2021, soley operating out of its Sydney campus, becomes a four city operation in 2025. Morling now has courses available in Melbourne taught in person at the main Crossway Baptist Church campus in Burwood East.… Continue Reading
St Kilda’s landmark St Andrews Presbyterian Church, a huge building, has just gone on the market. On the brow of a hill, it is one of the Melbourne suburb’s main features. “At the corner of Alma and Barkly Streets, the… Continue Reading
ANALYSIS Richard Osling via Religion Unplugged Whatever their partisan preferences, Americans can agree that the coming four years under President Donald Trump will bring major disruptions and contentions in politics. How might that affect religion? In particular, what’s now at… Continue Reading