For decades I have been hearing (mostly) older folk rave about their visit to the Passion Play at Oberammergau, nestled in Germany’s picturesque Bavarian alps. I am now one of them! The Passion Play started almost 400 years ago when… Continue Reading
Seven “deeply religious” players have stood down from the Manly rugby league club ahead of a crucial game against cross-town rivals Eastern Suburbs, refusing to wear a LGBTIQA pride jumper. “The seven players are understood to be Josh Aloiai, Jason… Continue Reading
Church attendance has recovered from a Covid slump and is on an upward directory according to research from NCLS (National Church Life Survey). “The results across five years show an increase in attendance from 18% in 2016 up to 22%… Continue Reading
Progressive leaders of Anglican churches are expressing disquiet as the Lambeth Conference of bishops, the Covid-delayed decennial meeting of Anglican Bishops from across the world, gets underway this week. It looked at first that the meeting would avoid controversial statements,… Continue Reading
Instant outrage occurred when reports emerged that the former PM told Perth’s Victory Life church that “We trust in Him. We don’t trust in governments. We don’t trust in United Nations, thank goodness.” The new PM Anthony Albanese sounded incredulous,… Continue Reading
At the height of Australia’s Covid lockdowns, three Queensland Baptist pastors wrote the Ezekiel Declaration (ED), a petition which protested against vaccine passports and the prospect of vaccine status determining who could come to church. The ED gained thousands of… Continue Reading
Christian fans of the Canadian academic and controversialist Jordan Peterson, who suspect he is heading to faith, should hit the pause button. At least on the basis of his new “Message to the Christian Churches; because it reveals how much… Continue Reading
There are just over a million fewer Christians in Australia according to the 2021 census, than there were according to the 2016 census.1,051,786 to be exact. The actual fall in numbers is greater if you take into account the 290,200… Continue Reading
“It worked, it really did work!” A Korean missionary is talking about how a Korean team told Kurds in Turkey about Jesus using the 5fish mobile phone app. You can listen to the Christian message in 6,700 languages and dialects… Continue Reading
Following the news that evangelicals and other theological conservatives captured key committees in the Anglican Church of Australia, votes for a key committee in the Church of England (CodE) appear to indicate a knife-edge victory as well. The Crown Nominations … Continue Reading