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It’s sad, some Christians object to Naidoc week

Posted on 09/07/2024 by John Sandeman
Naidoc 2024

An assiduous reader of Christian social media – including this writer’s – pointed The Other Cheek to the facebook page of the Australian Christians political party Facebook page. The party, strongest in WA, is a conservative party similar to the… Continue Reading →

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Is Gafcon against women’s ordination?

Posted on 08/07/2024 by John Sandeman
Image: Gafcon's Secretary General Paul Donison (left) farewelled with a Bluey backpack and Akubra by Peter Smith and Jen Hercott.

The question came from the back of the room at last week’s Gafcon Australasia 2024 conference and from a minister from the top of Australia, Cairns, in the Diocese (region) of North Queensland. “The big divisive issue within our diocese… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news

100 years after Eric Liddell won gold in Paris, Christians prepare to witness at the Olympic games.

Posted on 07/07/2024 by John Sandeman

100 years ago this weekend, Christian sprinter Eric Liddell put his faith before his passion for athletics by going to church and missing the 100 metres qualifier. His inspirational story was retold in the movie ‘Chariots of Fire’. Eric’s reward… Continue Reading →

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Anna Crenshaw settles with Jason Mays but not the Hillsong Church

Posted on 06/07/2024 by John Sandeman
Mays and Crenshaw

Former Hillsong College student Anna Crenshaw (right) has settled her long-running court case against a Hillsong Admin worker, Jason Mays (left), but has continued her case against Hillsong Church and the college. It was March 2016 when 18-year-old Anna Crenshaw,… Continue Reading →

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Chalking for Jesus, and stealing from the poor

Posted on 05/07/2024 by John Sandeman

Chalking: Co-founder of Eternity newspaper, David Maegraith, thinks it’s time we saw Eternity chalked on our streets once more. But this time, the epicentre will be Adelaide. “It’s been decades since Arthur Stace chalked Eternity around Sydney, so I thought… Continue Reading →

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Good news from across the ditch

Posted on 04/07/2024 by John Sandeman
New Zealanders at Gafcon 2024

Australian Christians are too often ignorant about their sisters and brothers across the Tasman. Bishop Jay Behan of the Church of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa New Zealand and a team of New Zealanders gave a sharp update to the Gafcon Australasia… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, New Zealand

Defining what Christian ‘mission’ means

Posted on 03/07/2024 by John Sandeman
Mark Earngey at Gafcon 2024

It’s possible though to be a little bit confused sometimes by the Bible’s mandate for mission,” Mark Earngey told the Gafcon Australia Conference meeting in Brisbane this week. “On the one hand, sometimes the use of the word mission can… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news
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Church plants and conversion stories: Aussie Anglicans (and others) meet at Gafcon

Posted on 02/07/2024 by John Sandeman

Sydney Archbishop Kanishka Raffel visits churches every week, and “virtually every week”, he hears stories of people coming to Christ. Raffel urged delegates not to be ashamed of the gospel speaking at the Gafcon (Global Anglican Future) Australasia Conference, currently… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news
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What Australia’s church plants look like

Posted on 01/07/2024 by John Sandeman
Planting

A snapshot of 428 new churches started since 2011 reveals that Australian Christian Churches (ACC) had the greatest representation of new churches (26.6 per cent), followed by the Baptists (16.6 per cent), the International Network of Churches (9.3 per cent)… Continue Reading →

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Happy Afters: A special song that brings calm.

Posted on 30/06/2024 by John Sandeman

A mother writes about a blessing for her daughter. C has had chronic illness all her life. Starting life with ongoing kidney issues, she now lives every day with the symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Chiari Malformation, Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome,… Continue Reading →

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