An Obadiah Slope column A great big sound: Obadiah was sitting in the cheap seats in this weekend’s AFL match between the Fremantle Dockers and the Greater Western Sydney (GWS) Giants – just behind the orange-clad GWS cheer squad. That’s… Continue Reading
Book Review by Stephen Driscoll of Subjects and Citizens The Politics of the Gospel: Lessons from Romans 12–15 by Michael Jensen. Michael Jensen‘s new book surprised me, because I was expecting a different kind of book. I expected a book… Continue Reading
The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) has collapsed, according to David Goodhew, a long-time researcher of Anglican Communion statistics and a visiting fellow of St John’s College, Durham University. “New numbers for the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC) are out,… Continue Reading
From Marty Woods in paris Hundreds of people in Paris for the Olympics came away with something much better than a gold medal. They came away with a saviour. Missionary organisations and Churches trained and practised for the game, just… Continue Reading
The stand-out fact from The State of the Great Commission report from the evangelical Lausanne Movement is the exponential growth of Christianity in the two-thirds world. It rivals the stories of the early church: “Christian communities that had been planted… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Good news from Adelaide airport with the launch of Australia’s first “try before you fly” program with Virgin Airlines. Families with an autistic child or people with mobility issues were given the opportunity to board an… Continue Reading
An uneven spread of church decline (and some small rises) is revealed in the detailed stats in a report set to be debated at the Sydney Anglican Synod (church parliament) in September. The report reveals a pattern of decreases in… Continue Reading
Aussie Marty Woods in Paris as part of a campaign for Christian witness during the Olympic games barracks for Eric Liddell 100 years late. At Paris 1924, Christian sprinter Eric Liddell put his faith before his passion for athletics by… Continue Reading
Record student stats from Nungalinya College in Darwin reveal the First Nations’ college is doing well, despite the difficulties that have led to the closure of other institutions Wontulp-Bi-Buya in Cairns and School of Indigenous Studies, University of Divinity. “2023… Continue Reading
When Glynis Quinlan went on a mission trip to Rwanda with African Enterprise, she found that a very familiar Australian-made evangelistic campaign had taken off in the East African country. In 2023, 16,141 people were saved through the Jesus All… Continue Reading