Writer Nils von Kalm is grateful. Just another impossibly beautiful sunset from my balcony in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Today was one of those magical Melbourne days where there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, there was just a… Continue Reading
After 28 years in Philadelphia, USA, Dr Coz Crosscombe, the Assistant Minister at Mt Druitt Anglican in Western Sydney, has fresh eyes on how we do Church in Australia. He is “loaned out” four days a week to work… Continue Reading
Indigenous churches under the Australian Indigenous Ministries (AIM) banner have been shielded from the compensation battle over child sexual abuse at institutions run by the former mission society. A court case brought by a former resident of the AIM-run Retta… Continue Reading
How often do you seek a church building “converted” to other uses? Quite often, unfortunately. How often do you see one become a church again? Not often, but here’s a story of one which came back. St Paul’s has stood… Continue Reading
The first results from Australia’s “church census” the National Church Life Survey” gives good news about committed young people and continuing church attendance. The Covid effect has been overcome in churches according to NCLS’s Australian Community Survey (ACS). “November 21,… Continue Reading
Martyn Iles is touring Australia with news of “Babylon”. It’s a metaphor from the Bible, Genesis tells us of the tower of Babel, built by humankind to rival God, later the site of Babylon, a cruel empire is an image… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column You have heard of or most likely used a Good News Bible or Contemporary English Version Bible, but did you know Australia has its very own easy-to-read Bible? It’s intended for Aboriginal peoples, whose first language… Continue Reading
Adelaide’s Trinity Church, a leader in church planting will host a $450m, 28-level office tower on its car park behind its historic buildings. Trinity will benefit from the ground rent from the site, which is owned by the church’s trustees. … Continue Reading
A series of horrifying gang rapes changed the Sydney suburb of Greenacre and nearly emptied the Anglican Good Shepherd church. Within a couple of years, the suburb changed from a place where most people owned their own homes to a… Continue Reading
Warren Cole Smith at Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Last week, Lighten Group announced it was shutting down. We also learned this week that Jeff Brown is out as CEO of American Bible Society, after just two months on the job. Following RZIM’s… Continue Reading