The closure of church buildings and vaccine mandates that were endorsed by the leaders of the Sydney Anglican Diocese have been upheld in a report from the Diocese’s Standing Committee prepared for this month’s Synod (Church Parliament). Referring to a… Continue Reading
Last Sunday lunchtime, Obadiah did his best to avoid any of the three marches (anti-immigration, pro-Palestine and anti-anti-immigration) that filled various streets in Sydney. Instead of protesting, he was on an errand to retrieve his lost mobile phone, which Find… Continue Reading
“The Clapham sect were heroes to me, but now I am not sure” was a comment to me at the lunch break during a Moore College Library event featuring papers on how the influential group of British Christians influenced Sydney’s… Continue Reading
The 2025 Tinsley Lecture, presented by Morling College, began with a quiz. “I’m going to ask you who this group is. I want you to try and guess. They’re spiritually open. They’re suspicious of institutional Christianity. They’re a growing subset… Continue Reading
The ABC opens voting for the top books of the 21st Century: who will you vote for Voting for the ABC’s top 100 books of this century opened today. Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead (2004) and Tom Holland’s Dominion (2019) are already… Continue Reading
The NSW Coast, north of Forster to the Queensland border, will see a new wave of church planting, as plans from a cluster of churches from Australia’s youngest and fastest growing denomination, the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC), take… Continue Reading
Richard Ostling via Religion Unplugged With two dramatic actions, the “Religious Right” is suddenly prodding the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its historic 2015 Obergefell decision, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Such a radical and unpopular switch after only 10 years might seem… Continue Reading
Stan Grant and Greg Sheridan sat down to discuss “How Christians Can Succeed Today,” Sheridan’s new book, in the Art Deco Splendour of the lounge at Mosman’s Hayden Orpheum theatre. The event drew representatives of what Sheridan jokingly called the… Continue Reading
The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius and its compound in Gaza City are resisting evacuation orders from the Israel Defence Force as military action in the city outskirts steps up. “It seems that the Israeli government’s announcement that “the… Continue Reading
Two years of consecuative growth have led to a rebound in Sydney Anglican attendance figures since bottoming out in 2022. Overall growth in attendance of 4.5% between 2023 and 2024 followed a post-Covid bounce back of 11% in 2023 consecutive… Continue Reading