Church leaders faced intense questions at Victoria’s Yoorrook Justice Inquiry’s “Share Land, Sky and Water hearings” into First Nations’ dispossession. This truth-telling commission is the first major governmental response since the Voice referendum. The church leaders who appeared before the… Continue Reading
Today is Ascension Day, so named because Jesus has ascended—that is, he has gone up to live with his Father in heaven. As the Bible puts it, Jesus was speaking with the apostles when “he was taken up before their very… Continue Reading
Filling the vacuum left by the demise of the Christian Democratic Party in NSW, Lyle Shelton, former head of the Australian Christian Lobby, has announced that he will head the Family First Ticket for NSW. The Party has achieved registration… Continue Reading
A statement from Gafcon (Global Anglican Futures) Chair Laurent Mbanda of Rwanda. To my dear Anglican brothers and sisters contending for the faith once delivered to the saints, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord… Continue Reading
Shadow Attorney-General Michaelia Cash told a rally of Christian Schools supporters last night that new laws proposed by the Albanese government will adopt the Australian Law Reform Commission recommendations to reduce protections for schools. “The government has not released, as… Continue Reading
A collaborative website supported by the NCLS (National Church Life Survey) and church plant advocates Exponential Australia, newchurches.org.au, is designed to make it much easier to appreciate how much church planting is currently happening in Australia. 81 plants are listed… Continue Reading
Ministers and lay staff in a Church of England diocese (region) can now have union representation. The English midlands diocese of Leicester has signed an agreement with the “Unite” Trade Union. “Leicester diocese of the Church of England has signed… Continue Reading
The revelation by Melbourne talk radio host Neil Mitchell that he had been told our former PM had significant mental health issues has opened up discussion about the strain of high office. Psychologist Bianca Denny wrote in the Sydney Morning… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Photo search: Anglican Futures, a website run by Susie and Dan Leafe, English evangelicals who are fed up with the Church of England have been busy doing a spot of photo analysis. This is the pic… Continue Reading
A paper that explains why social campaigning that seeks to reduce gendered violence might contain some useful lessons for the church, especially conservative evangelicals. “Rethinking Primary Prevention“, a paper by journalist/educator Jess Hill and Michael Salter, the Professor of Criminology… Continue Reading