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Increase in abortions since conservative ‘victory’ on Roe V Wade

Posted on 15/09/2023 by John Sandeman
Restore Roe campaign

There has been an increased number of abortions in the United States since the overturning of the Roe v Wade ruling claiming abortion was a right protected by the US Constitution. In the first six months of 2020, before the… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Abortion, Christian news, United States
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Saving the white church on the mountain

Posted on 14/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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Mangrove Mountain, a small community in the NSW Central Coast hinterland, still has a church thanks to a bunch of Christians and atheists who banded together to save the “little white church at Mangrove Mountain.” Their Union church has been… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Uniting Church

Figures show a gentle decline in Sydney Anglicans’ attendance plus three letter-writing campaigns and a call to support the Voice

Posted on 13/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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In a quiet corner away from the hall where the Sydney Anglican Synod is taking place, a sheet of paper attached to the noticeboard contained disturbing news. A gentle decline in attendance figures is shown in a table compiled in… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, First nations

Three Indigenous leaders address the Sydney Anglican Synod on reconciliation and the Voice

Posted on 12/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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An Obadiah Slope column Archbishop Kanishka Raffel asked three indigenous leaders, Larissa Minniecon, a Synod member from St John’s Glebe; Naville Naden, Indigenous Ministry Officer of Bush Church Aid; and Michael Duckett, pastor of Macarthur Anglican Church, to address the… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, First nations
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Acknowledgement Prayer opens Sydney Anglican Synod

Posted on 11/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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After an opening hymn, Praise my Soul the King of Heaven, Michael Duckett, pastor of Macarthur Indigenous Church, led the Sydney Anglican Synod Opening Service in the Cathedral with a Prayer of Acknowledgement. “Our Lord and loving heavenly Father, we… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, First nations

Male led, Presbyterians work on hearing the voices of women

Posted on 10/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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The very male General Assembly of Australia (GAA), the peak body of the Presbyterian Church of Australia (PCA), received a report on how the church can listen more carefully to the voices of women at its meeting in Hurstville in… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, complementarianism, Presbyterians

The Anglican Marks of Mission and the Voice to Parliament

Posted on 09/09/2023 by Peter Sandeman
Three flags of Australia

Opinion: On The Other Cheek, we welcome “the other twin,” Peter Sandeman writing on the Voice. He is Canon for Social Justice in the diocese of Adelaide. Now that the referendum is approaching and the contending arguments have been coloured… Continue Reading →

Latest, News, Opinion Anglicans, Christian news, First nations, The Voice
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Awkward facts about ‘Sound of Freedom’ movie

Posted on 08/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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Lauded as the latest Christian blockbuster movie, Sound Of Freedom was claimed to be the number two movie in Australia last weekend by some enthusiastic supporters. After who wouldn’t want to see an action-packed Christian movie based on a true… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Movies
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Presbyterians vote to ban Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome to Country from public worship

Posted on 07/09/2023 by John Sandeman
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Welcome to Country (WtC) or Acknowledgement of Country (AoC) will not be able to be performed at public worship services of the Presbyterian Church of Australia after a vote in their General Assembly of Australia, the church’s peak council that… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Christian news, Presbyterians
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A new twist on teacher education – go to a secular uni, but come to us as well

Posted on 06/09/2023 by John Sandeman
Centre for Christian Education

A new course for students aiming to become teachers from a Christian college comes with an innovative approach – don’t come to us for your teaching degree, but come to us first to learn a Christian approach to education. Youthworks… Continue Reading →

Latest, News Anglicans, Christian news, Higher Education

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