The gender pay gap for 7800 Australian businesses have been released, including details of how some Christian organisations perform. The Employer Gender Pay Gaps report 2023-24 shows that on average Australian women earn $28,425 less than men. The report allows… Continue Reading
Written up: Historian Simon Schama packed the Adelaide Town Hall for the big event in Writers Week, – a new experience for Obadiah. Despite being lobbied not to come, he defied fellow Zionists to come and addressed the topic of… Continue Reading
Gavin Brown, Australian Catholic University via the Conversation Most people recognise organisations such as the YMCA and the Boy Scouts, or events such as the Modern Olympic Games, summer camps and wilderness retreats. Few, though, have ever heard of the… Continue Reading
Staff at Brindabella Christian College a 1200-student school in Canberra which has been unable to pay its staff and owes the ATO a reported $8 million has been placed into voluntary administration. Staff received a note from Deloitte this afternoon.… Continue Reading
Cyril Zenda via Religion Unplugged HARARE, Zimbabwe — “He hurt us. … Guide was an only boy in a family of seven girls. What he (the abuser) did was grossly unfair. May his spirit burn in hell!” These are sentiments… Continue Reading
After following complaints by women, and almost a year-long review, the board of the Bible College of South Australia (BCSA) has issued a “a full and unreserved apology to all women who have had negative experiences with us.” The board… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Georgian architecture and human struggle: Mrs Slope took Obadiah on an adventure usimg the new light rail (or tram for Melburnians) that snakes through Parramatta. The light rail made it easy to explore the old asylum… Continue Reading
New Hope church, planted in 2009 which has just planted its third location in the growing fringes of north west Sydney offers a hopeful model for church growth according to church consultant Ian Duncum. New Hope has two characteristics that… Continue Reading
Brindabella Christian College in Canberra receives $10m a year from the federal government but owes the tax office $8m and has been unable to pay teachers’ wages. At Senate estimates “Education department officials were asked to explain how a private… Continue Reading
At first glance, Sydney’s Inner South West is the city’s “unBible belt,” suburbs where churches are doing it tough, but look deeper and signs of spiritual vitality emerge. One of these is a growing desire for gospel centred churches to… Continue Reading