In the wake of the Andrew Wilkie allegations about Hillsong, honoraria or speakers fees at Christian conferences have been in the news. Hillsong paid high-profile speakers high fees and regularly flew them, business class. The Other Cheek asked some Christian… Continue Reading
An Obadiah slope column. Tragedy in Nashville: Preachers never know whether a talk about residence will apply to themselves. Pastor Chad Scruggs lost his Nine-year-old daughter Hallie in the mass shooting this week at his covenant church in Nashville. Here… Continue Reading
A new law passed by the Ugandan parliament this week makes advocating for gay rights punishable by imprisonment for life will present a challenge to the conservative Anglican Gafcon movement. In addition, identifying as gay becomes an offence, according to… Continue Reading
“If the UCA in the Hunter is not already dying, within twenty years it will be all but dead, is a key sentence in a “Strategic Mission Plan” for the Hunter Presbytery (region) of the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA).… Continue Reading
A press release by NCLS Research gives good news for Easter In December 2022, the Australian Community Survey (2022 ACS) asked Australians if they would go to church this Easter if a close friend or family member invited them. Four… Continue Reading
A spirit of compromise has allowed the Victorian Liberals to avoid either expelling Moira Deeming, the conservative Christian upper house member, or undermining John Pesutto the party leader who had called for her to be removed. Instead, Deeming, who attended… Continue Reading
Children’s book author Penny Reeve reviews A carer’s devotional journal: for carers of kids from tough places’ which like the name implies applies scripture to the lives of people whose lives are far from trouble free. If you’ve ever read… Continue Reading
A Special General Meeting of the Assembly of Confessing Congregations Inc has voluntarily voted to cease business operations as of 30 April 2023. Over 90 per cent of the members at the meeting supported the closure. The Assembly of Confessing… Continue Reading
Politicians of various colours , whether the deep blue Moira Deeming (pictured) from the Vic Liberals or Lidia Thorpe, the ex-Green Senator, have made heavy weather of rallies on trans issues. Deeming faces a party room motion to expel her… Continue Reading
Dan Ole Shani, the Kenyan-born CEO of Open Doors International, brought stories of current persecution during his recent Australian visit. Open Doors is a ministry to the persecuted church, famously started by Bible Smuggler Brother Andrew. But Shani told a… Continue Reading