Tasmanian Baptists’ Matt Garvin says clear answers are needed on the kinds of help Tasmanians can seek from churches or mosques under the proposed law. If someone asks their pastor for help to live by their faith, what should the… Continue Reading
Pentecostal pastor Bishop Brian Tamaki of Destiny Church, based in Aotearoa New Zealand, has been denied entry to Australia. “Tamaki took to social media saying he had flown to Brisbane for a church conference, when he was detained by the… Continue Reading
The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) reports that they have increased their representation on the church’s General Synod (national church parliament). CEEC is a broad-based evangelical network that includes the UK’s CMS and Church Society. CEEC’s National Director, John… Continue Reading
To visit Parramatta Baptist, a church doing the very Baptist thing of celebrating its anniversary, the Other Cheek needed to carefully avoid a large construction zone; they are building a new church building (pictured above), having simply outgrown their 1980s… Continue Reading
In memory of Barry Dudding (1944 -2026) Barry Dudding’s funeral will be held at St James Croydon, 10 am Monday, October 26. Can ‘reformed’ and ‘charismatic’ Christians live together in the same church? A veteran Sydney Anglican minister, Barry Dudding,… Continue Reading
Wangaratta barber Ricky Jefferies, described as “the Good Samaritan” by the Prime Minister for running to the aid of Indi MP Helen Haines told the ABC: “I just did what I could and what others were already trying to do.… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Please turn your irony detector on: Allegra Spender, Teal member for Wentworth, the weathiest part of Sydney’s East, has moved a bill to drastically trim religious schools’ right to hire staff and cut back their ability… Continue Reading
Gordon Charles Cheng 1961-2026 Bible teacher, author and earnest follower of Jesus, Gordon Cheng, died early this morning. In a varied career he was a staff worker for the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students, the resources editor for Matthias Media… Continue Reading
Edited from a report by Shane St Reynolds, who attended the Perth synod as a journalist A motion in support of a conversion ban bill for WA was passed by the Perth Anglican Synod on the weekend. The motion:• Affirms… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall An important new development has emerged in Boyd studies this year. 2026 has brought unusually revealing curatorial research into Boyd’s religious imagination, although there is no new scholarly study (that I have found) establishing whether he personally professed… Continue Reading