Time was whenever Scripture (and everything else) was read it was read aloud. Think of the Ethiopian eunuch reading in his chariot, and Philip heard him. Simon Camilleri, a graphic designer and book author from the northern suburbs of Melbourne,… Continue Reading
OPINION Mike Doyle, senior minister of St James Berala, was on the committee writing the Sydney Anglican report on “Attendance Patterns and Mission in the Diocese” Here’ are his personal reflections. I had the opportunity this year to be part of… Continue Reading
Adelaide pastor Des Smith has written a book, “The Cheerful Giver’. It’s one of those Bible phrases constantly in danger of being a cliché. So what can Smith do to rescue it? The Other Chhek interviewed him and found out.… Continue Reading
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