Realcommercial.com.au has described as a ‘vast portfolio’ a list of properties the North Queensland Anglican Diocese is selling to fund payments to survivors of abuse under the Federal redress scheme and to resize the church’s footprint. “Colliers Townsville is handling… Continue Reading
Paul Marshall via Religion Unplugged (ANALYSIS) Evangelicals and indigenous peoples’ rights are not often put in the same sentence, but in Canada, they are deeply intertwined. June 21 is Canada’s national Indigenous Peoples Day. It has been celebrated since 1996, stimulated… Continue Reading
The idea that the Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain, Fernández de Quirós claimed Australia for the Holy Spirit, backed up by a claim of a prophecy by the Pentecostal Preacher Smith Wigglesworth, was debunked in a recent column… Continue Reading
In Sydney, which wears the crown of Australia’s most fractious city, Christian leaders and lay, Orthodox to Pentecostal, Uniting to Anglican, came together in two sold-out concerts in the Opera House last weekend. Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan premiered the… Continue Reading
In the lead-up to the 250th anniversary of the USA (semiquincentennial), Peter Bentley provides a selection of articles from his series looking at the USA through American film and television. On my first trip overseas many years ago (to Asia),… Continue Reading
A bill to ban abortions after 25 weeks, except when necessary to save the life of the mother or in cases of serious fetal abnormalities, passed the SA Legislative Council 10 votes to 9, but lost in the SA lower… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Good job: A headline, “Bishops welcome minimum wage increase,” is on the Catholic Weekly site. Would one find it on an Anglican site? If not, why not, Obadiah asks. The Catholic Weekly story reveals that, acting… Continue Reading
In a response hailed by Christian rights agencies such as Open Doors, UN experts have put the Nigerian Government on notice, detailing violence against women and girls, especialing mentioninmg Christians as a target. A UN press release details the charges… Continue Reading
A controversy rippling through what some commentators call the “reformed Internet” pits Presbyterians in the US PCA against each other. The Presbyterian Church IN America is somewhat similar to the Presbyterian Church OF Australia, with both holding to the Westminster… Continue Reading
In the lead-up to the 250th anniversary of the USA (semiquincentennial), Peter Bentley provides a selection of articles from his series looking at the USA through American film and television. Given the ubiquitous environment, it was a thorny issue to… Continue Reading