New Hope church, planted in 2009 which has just planted its third location in the growing fringes of north west Sydney offers a hopeful model for church growth according to church consultant Ian Duncum. New Hope has two characteristics that… Continue Reading
Brindabella Christian College in Canberra receives $10m a year from the federal government but owes the tax office $8m and has been unable to pay teachers’ wages. At Senate estimates “Education department officials were asked to explain how a private… Continue Reading
At first glance, Sydney’s Inner South West is the city’s “unBible belt,” suburbs where churches are doing it tough, but look deeper and signs of spiritual vitality emerge. One of these is a growing desire for gospel centred churches to… Continue Reading
Today’s hearing of Cheng v Church Missionary Society Australia Limited (CMS) is a rare instance of a Christian worker taking their employer to the Fair Work Commission seeking redress in an unfair dismissal case. Nothing in this story should be… Continue Reading
Koorong has relocated in Adelaide to a new store in Payneham with the new store reported as already busy with the support of a promotional sale and a campaign on Adelaide’s Life FM. The location in Adelaide’s inner North East… Continue Reading
Karl Faase, host of the new Encounter testimony video series tells The Other Cheek about attending the ARC (Alliance for Responsible Citizenship) conference in London that attracted many Christians among an audience of leaders concerned with the future of Western… Continue Reading
Breastfeeding expert Jasmine Sussex will appear before the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal on Monday for a compulsory conference, to defend a charge of vilification for expressing a belief that men can’t breastfeed. Sussex responded to a newspaper report about… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Vale Dr Reason: Obadiah says let’s give thanks for psychologist Dr James Tootle Reason, the man who came up with the “swiss cheese model” of accident causation. He died this month on February 5, 2025, at… Continue Reading
You are not meant to be able to buy the February edition of The Monthly with a headline about George Pell. The mag is meant to have been removed from news agencies along with an article on the ABC website.… Continue Reading
Persecuted Christians from Iran are among the deportees in a New York Times report, “As Trump ‘Exports’ Deportees, Hundreds Are Trapped in Panama Hotel”. Panama has agreed to take deportees who come from countries such as Iran or China that… Continue Reading