Australia’s Baptists sponsor 5,000 children in majority-world countries in Africa and Asia through Baptist World Aid Australia (BWAA), the largest branch of that global network of aid agencies. That is something for Australian Baptists to be proud of. But in… Continue Reading
Gifts to voluntary Bible classes in schools will remain tax deductible, with the federal government rejecting a Productivity Commission recommendation that would have stripped Religious/Ethics Education in Public Schools from DGR status. Deductible gift recipients (DGR) status means that organisations… Continue Reading
Just a week apart, two of Australia’s theological schools, the School Of Indigenous Studies based in Melbourne and Wontulp-Bi-Buya in Cairns, have been closed by their funding bodies. In a statement titled “Budget Adjustment Advice” about the finances of the… Continue Reading
Peter Bentley closely examines a Judge’s wording. During the last few years, I have been interested in hearing the delivery of judgments in certain major and, I believe, culturally significant cases in Australia. Of particular interest this year was the… Continue Reading
Dr Jereth Kok, a general practitioner from Melbourne, has been unable to care for his patients during a five-year suspension –which could be permanent, depending on a hearing before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) late this month. Kok… Continue Reading
Kapow! Karmala Harris took on Donald Trump for her 2020 primary. You could run this ad today.
Obadiah has joined the “Churches in South Australia” Facebook group, where people post pictures of churches. And that’s where the name William Kingsnorth Mallyon came up. He was a bank manager with the National Bank, but as a peripatetic worker,… Continue Reading
Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) pilot Dean Johnson tells the story of his search for the crash site, where his father, Jim Johnson – also a MAF pilot –died when Dean was a baby. On this day, 45 years ago, my… Continue Reading
There’s a common heartbreak for youth ministers – the heartbreak of seeing some young people not continue to follow Jesus. “You pour your life in your discipleship into these young people that they’ll, and hoping and praying that they will… Continue Reading
There have been many, but I can think of some notable examples. There have been many wins, often necessarily kept quiet, but maintaining religious freedom in our nation, I believe, undergirds all other wins. ACL has been, and continues to… Continue Reading