Over 80 per cent of churches planted by Reach Australia and its predecessor Geneva Push become healthy, financially self-sustaining churches. That’s a conservative estimate by Reach Australia’s Executive Director Scott Sanders. He does not want to be overconfident, but of… Continue Reading
In early May, ethnoreligious violence broke out in the state of Manipur in NE India, leaving behind a disaster zone for tribal Christians. “As of now, 200 plus Christian churches and properties have been burned down entirely,” Vishnu, an Open… Continue Reading
The NSW/ACT Baptists have decided not to decide just yet on what to do about churches and pastors who support same-sex marriage. Last year the NSW/ACT Baptists adopted a “Position Statement” against same-sex marriage. The Baptist Assembly Council brought a… Continue Reading
Readers of The Other Cheek tend to divide when this site brings news of some of the messy goings on in Uniting-Church-land: the dissolution of some conservative churches, the conservative group Assembly of Confessing Congregations deciding their battle is over,… Continue Reading
A week of reading: an occascatch-uptch up Mothers: Blogger Jessica Harvey took some stats I shared on motherhood this week, and built a celebration of mothering around them. She suggests that bringing children into the world and shaping them is so… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Full orbed splendour: Never one to follow the trendy crowd, Ridley Melbourne’s Academic Dean and author Michael Bird (speaking for himself, Obadiah is sure) has declared himself to be a constitutional monarchist. And quite coincidentally, Obadiah’s… Continue Reading
Martyn Iles, former Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, is moving to Cincinnati in the US alongside fellow Australian Ken Ham in running Answers in Genesis, a large creationist ministry. “I am delighted to announce that I have been… Continue Reading
Mother’s Day is a big event in some families, and one can dispute its origins: a clever marketing exercise to sell stuff, or a new version of Mothering Sunday, a church tradition. It used to be held on the fourth… Continue Reading
The Julie Roys website, which chronicles the many sins of many churches, has published a list of sins or evasions that Hillsong Church is said to be following. “Australian megachurch Hillsong, facing leadership scandals and allegations of financial misdeeds, has… Continue Reading
UPDATE: The ABC reports “In a statement released on Friday, Dr Hollingworth said he had returned his permission to officiate, “commonly granted to retired priests, allowing me to conduct services at my local parish as well as marriage, funerals and… Continue Reading