An Obadiah Slope column ### Rapturous: Baptist minister (retired) Peter R Green has confessed. “Well, I missed the latest rapture. It’s getting monotonous. “When I was editing The Australian Baptist magazine, I was leaving one afternoon and the typesetter, Graham, asked… Continue Reading
The Presbyterian Church of Queensland (PCQ) is liable for tens of millions in debt incurred by Prescare, its former aged care operator. This is the latest result in continuing litigation that has already placed the church denomination in receivership, and… Continue Reading
As a new Archbishop of Canterbury is announced, Lance Lawton asks if the job of leading the world’s Anglicans impossible. The Anglican Communion has had its internal challenges over a long time. But it’s enjoyed a particularly rocky journey (or… Continue Reading
Scott Barkley Baptist Press / Religion Unplugged By Sept. 16, Todd Fisher’s inbox told him that pastors were struggling with how to approach the latest cultural hinge point. Folks were upset, they told Oklahoma Baptists’ state executive. The pastor had… Continue Reading
My family arrived in Australia from Britain in April 1961, but it wasn’t without a fight. It could have been the photos of the two youngest (my twin and I), or maybe there was a meeting with my parents at… Continue Reading
Myka Sanders, a teacher at Sacred Heart College, a Catholic school in Oakleigh, Melbourne identifies as non-binary. They want the school to use their they/them pronouns and the gender neutral title Mx ( pronounced “mix” or “mucks”) for their title. Melbourne… Continue Reading
Fifty years ago this month, South Australia became the first state in Australia to decriminalise homosexuality, beginning a process that ended in 1977 when Tasmania was forced by a pending High Court challenge to pass a law. Until 1949, the… Continue Reading
Christians should carefully pick which social issues to fight, Patrick Parkinson, the former Dean of Law at the University of Queensland, told Freedom for Faith’s “Freedom 25” conference. Speaking as a campaigner for religious freedom, Parkinson told the gathering that… Continue Reading
The gambling industry has deep pockets and political power. But a bold call to churches to unite in prayer from Wesley Mission Sydney’s Superintendent, Stu Cameron, is a call to a much higher power. The call is for prayer on… Continue Reading
A desperate shortage of training for ministers in a rapidly growing church was the mesage from a key African leaders at the Sydney Anglican Synod. Representatives from Uganda Christian University, the Alexandria School of Theology, Nyakato Bible School in Tanzania,… Continue Reading