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After 400 days in prison, evangelical pronoun protestor is sent back

Posted on 10/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Enoch Burke protest

From Catholic News Agency’s AC Wimmer An Irish teacher at the center of a transgender pronoun controversy was jailed for the third time on Monday after defying a court order to stay away from the school that dismissed him.  The… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, LGBTQIA, Religious Freedom

Nigerian quadruplets return to their birthplace to be baptised

Posted on 09/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Quads Northlake church

Erik Tryggestad via Religion Unplugged Ose Ehimare was 24 weeks pregnant when she boarded a plane in Nigeria for her first-ever international flight. She was alone and more than a bit apprehensive about the 6,000-mile journey, but she had no… Continue Reading →

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Sydney minister Jodie McNeill named as Gafcon Global Operations Manager

Posted on 09/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Jodie McNeill

Senior Minister of Jamberoo Jodie McNeil has been named to a key role in the conservative Anglican movement, Gafcon (Global Anglican Futures conference). Here is the announcement by Paul Donison the Gafcon General Secretary and a Texas-based senior minister who… Continue Reading →

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Hope for Anglicans (and everyone else) and help for those of us nervous to talk about Jesus.

Posted on 08/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Hop[e 25 logo

What does it look like for a wide range of Christians to be “sharing hope in Jesus”? Australia is about to find out. Between Easter Sunday (April 20) and Pentecost (June 8, 2025) the Anglican Church “each parish to commit… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, evangelism

AI is biased; the sort of support Trump needs from Christians; why we need regulations

Posted on 07/09/2024 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column AI’s bias: Historian Stephen Chavura has done some useful contemporary research. AI “I just asked Meta to make up a joke about Jesus and a joke about Mohammed. This is what I got.” He posted on… Continue Reading →

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Voices of hope for an end to domestic and family violence

Posted on 06/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Faith Hope and Love log

“I’m a survivor of domestic and family violence and I have not necessarily been safe to say that publicly because part of the perpetration has happened within church or people who are leaders of churches or religious spaces or Bible… Continue Reading →

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Why Australia and Tanzania have bonds of love

Posted on 05/09/2024 by John Sandeman
A slide fro Bishop Akiri Mwata's talk

Australia and Tanzania, on opposite sides of the Indian Ocean, form a good test case (with a positive result) of whether Christianity is of earthy use. An Anglican Aid seminar asking, “Is education God’s answer to world poverty?” revealed the… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Education

In very plain English, ten steps to end violence

Posted on 04/09/2024 by John Sandeman
ten commitments image

This week’s Faith Hope and Love conference confronting domestic violence, organised by the Anglican Church’s Families and Culture Commission and Common Grace, was just about wrapped up when a voice from the Northern Territory said they had something special to… Continue Reading →

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What the Bible says, God says

Posted on 02/09/2024 by John Sandeman

An excerpt from Mastered by the Word: A step-by-step guide to understanding and applying the Bible by. Craig Hamilton, which as the title says, is a guide to reading the Bible in everyday language. Reading the Bible is a huge… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Bible, Christian news

Jerusalem church leaders call for peace

Posted on 02/09/2024 by John Sandeman
Al Ahli Hospital, Gaza

The Jerusalem church leaders have issued a new call for “the urgent need to conclude the present war, to turn from the pursuit of death and destruction towards the promotion of life and peace.” The statement clearly avoids the sort… Continue Reading →

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