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Change the Conversion Practices Act: NSW Council of Churches asks Premier Minns to keep his promise on prayer

Posted on 16/04/2025 by John Sandeman
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The NSW Council of Churches (NSWCC) has written to the NSW Premier, Chris Minns asking action under Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 which came into effect this month, be paused, pending a review of the new law. “We request that… Continue Reading →

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Conversion Act protest needs to be targeted carefully

Posted on 15/04/2025 by John Sandeman

NSW has now joined Victoria in having a Conversion Act come into operation that bans some forms of Christian ministry. The Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 No 19 aims to “aims to “ban practices directed to changing or suppressing the… Continue Reading →

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Crushing that job interview

Posted on 14/04/2025 by John Sandeman
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Dr. Ken Byrne Corporate Psychologist tells the Other Cheek how to be interviewed. Byrne is co-author with Peter Corney of Hiring Right, First Time: A Practical Guide to Staffing Christian Organisations. Introduction You found the ideal job and carefully crafted… Continue Reading →

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Without Christ ‘it is very difficult to construct meaning’

Posted on 14/04/2025 by John Sandeman

An Obadiah Slope column Rory’s faith: Rory Stewart, former tory Minister – but so much more – was asked on The Rest Is Politics podcast he shares with ex-Labour spin doctor Alistair Campbell “What role does your faith play in… Continue Reading →

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Good news: More people are going to church in the UK

Posted on 10/04/2025 by John Sandeman
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Church attendance in the UK has incresed from 3.7m in 2018 to 5.8m in 2024 – an increase of 56% – according to a new report by Bible Society UK. “Overall, churchgoing Christians now make up 12% of the population,… Continue Reading →

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The Election viewed from UCA-land

Posted on 10/04/2025 by John Sandeman
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Unsurprisingly, the Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) wants the “Voice Treaty Truth” framework of the Uluru Statement from the Heart implemented. This as an example of how the UCA election 2025 resources “Our Vision for a Just Australia“ are strong… Continue Reading →

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Serving an impossible industry

Posted on 09/04/2025 by Charles Brammall
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Charles Brammall on serving a stressful industry through ENTER, a entertainment ministry Employment in acting is notoriously difficult to get, and completely unpredictable. There is an infinitesimally small number of jobs compared to the number of artists looking. During the… Continue Reading →

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ACL tells Christians Lyle Shelton’s Family First is the best option at the Federal Election

Posted on 08/04/2025 by John Sandeman

Family First, the reborn conservative party, is the Australian Christian Lobby’s (ACL) top scorer in their policy “snapshot” for the Federal Election. Family First gets the top score of 98 per cent in the ACL survey followed by the WA-based… Continue Reading →

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Lutherans announce their first women pastors, split with conservatives widens

Posted on 06/04/2025 by John Sandeman
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Two women have been announced as the first pastors to be ordained by the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ). This follows last year’s LCANZ Convention of General Synod’the’s decision to remove of a paragraph from the church’s… Continue Reading →

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Praising God in the Sydney Opera House

Posted on 05/04/2025 by John Sandeman

Despite the fact that Obadiah can not, absolutely can not, sing, he found himself singing in the Opera House. This happened because• The Sydney Philharmonia Choirs put on a concert of “Cathedral Classics.”• It would have been great to go… Continue Reading →

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