Australian Christians are too often ignorant about their sisters and brothers across the Tasman. Bishop Jay Behan of the Church of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa New Zealand and a team of New Zealanders gave a sharp update to the Gafcon Australasia… Continue Reading
It’s possible though to be a little bit confused sometimes by the Bible’s mandate for mission,” Mark Earngey told the Gafcon Australia Conference meeting in Brisbane this week. “On the one hand, sometimes the use of the word mission can… Continue Reading
Sydney Archbishop Kanishka Raffel visits churches every week, and “virtually every week”, he hears stories of people coming to Christ. Raffel urged delegates not to be ashamed of the gospel speaking at the Gafcon (Global Anglican Future) Australasia Conference, currently… Continue Reading
A snapshot of 428 new churches started since 2011 reveals that Australian Christian Churches (ACC) had the greatest representation of new churches (26.6 per cent), followed by the Baptists (16.6 per cent), the International Network of Churches (9.3 per cent)… Continue Reading
A mother writes about a blessing for her daughter. C has had chronic illness all her life. Starting life with ongoing kidney issues, she now lives every day with the symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Chiari Malformation, Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome,… Continue Reading
In the opening rounds of the presidential debates, pro-life campaigners found no champion in former President Trump. He would not ban abortion medications, which are responsible, the CNN moderators said, for two-thirds of abortions in the United States. And he… Continue Reading
News from the European Christian Mission Six years ago, Karina and Mauricio Aldana and Carolynn and James Webb arrived in the Basque Country, Spain with the hope of planting a church, when the mayor made a quick remark about the… Continue Reading
Baptists will be asked to disclose if a local church or pastor disagrees with a NSW/ACT Baptist Association “position statement” on marriage. At a recent Baptist Assembly (their convention or synod) meeting, the NSW/ACT Baptists established a mechanism requiring local… Continue Reading
Britain’s Labour Party is romping home to a massive win next week in its general election, and despite being careful not to be too radical, it has one policy that represents a massive change for independent schools. Labour promises to… Continue Reading
Is “sin” a type of hate speech that should be abandoned in the face of societal disapproval? Bill Salier faces this question front on in a chapter on faithfully teaching children about sin in Australian Evangelical Perspectives on Youth Ministry:… Continue Reading