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Church attendance rises in the great southland

Posted on 25/07/2022 by John Sandeman

Church attendance has recovered from a Covid slump and is on an upward directory according to research from NCLS (National Church Life Survey). “The results across five years show an increase in attendance from 18% in 2016 up to 22%… Continue Reading →

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Lefty leaders lament Lambeth’s leanings

Posted on 24/07/2022 by John Sandeman

Progressive leaders of Anglican churches are expressing disquiet as the Lambeth Conference of bishops, the Covid-delayed decennial meeting of Anglican Bishops from across the world, gets underway this week. It looked at first that the meeting would avoid controversial statements,… Continue Reading →

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What Scott Morrison really said. “Do you believe if you lose an election that God still loves you and has a plan for you? I do.”

Posted on 24/07/2022 by John Sandeman
Scott Morrison

Instant outrage occurred when reports emerged that the former PM told Perth’s Victory Life church that “We trust in Him. We don’t trust in governments. We don’t trust in United Nations, thank goodness.” The new PM Anthony Albanese sounded incredulous,… Continue Reading →

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An open letter to the authors of the Ezekiel declaration

Posted on 22/07/2022 by John Sandeman

At the height of Australia’s Covid lockdowns, three Queensland Baptist pastors wrote the Ezekiel Declaration (ED), a petition which protested against vaccine passports and the prospect of vaccine status determining who could come to church. The ED gained thousands of… Continue Reading →

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On losing respectability, Hamilton and a shocking stat from Anne Summers

Posted on 20/07/2022 by John Sandeman

Times have changed: In the instructions for Obadiah’s “Scripture” lesson (volunteer teaching at a local public school), we were told to bring examples of different books along to introduce the idea of books have various purposes (tell a story, travel… Continue Reading →

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Jordan Peterson’s message to churches misses the mark

Posted on 19/07/2022 by John Sandeman

Christian fans of the Canadian academic and controversialist Jordan Peterson, who suspect he is heading to faith, should hit the pause button. At least on the basis of his new “Message to the Christian Churches; because it reveals how much… Continue Reading →

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How the denominations fared in the census: some Christian numbers rose despite a million going missing

Posted on 18/07/2022 by John Sandeman

There are just over a million fewer Christians in Australia according to the 2021 census, than there were according to the   2016 census.1,051,786 to be exact. The actual fall in numbers is greater if you take into account the 290,200… Continue Reading →

News census, Christian news

Mr Albanese, here’s a way forward on religious discrimination

Posted on 16/07/2022 by John Sandeman

OPINION by Peter Sandeman Before the election, the Religious Discrimination Bill fiasco disappointed the conservative religious constituency, outraged the LGBITIQ+ community and their allies, and subsequently failed to become Morrison’s winning wedge. The clumsy political tactics have simply aggravated tensions within… Continue Reading →

Opinion Christian news, Opinion

Good news app, 5fish, turns ten

Posted on 15/07/2022 by John Sandeman

“It worked, it really did work!” A Korean missionary is talking about how a Korean team told Kurds in Turkey about Jesus using the 5fish mobile phone app. You can listen to the Christian message in 6,700 languages and dialects… Continue Reading →

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Conservative win in Church of England

Posted on 15/07/2022 by John Sandeman

Following the news that evangelicals and other theological conservatives captured key committees in the Anglican Church of Australia, votes for a key committee in the Church of England (CodE) appear to indicate a knife-edge victory as well. The Crown Nominations  … Continue Reading →

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