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‘Spiritually strong but numerically poor,’ the churches of Canterbury Bankstown join together

Posted on 27/02/2025 by John Sandeman
T4CB meeting

At first glance, Sydney’s Inner South West is the city’s “unBible belt,” suburbs where churches are doing it tough, but look deeper and signs of spiritual vitality emerge. One of these is a growing desire for gospel centred churches to… Continue Reading →

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Sacked for writing prayer points after hours

Posted on 26/02/2025 by John Sandeman
Fair Work Commission

Today’s hearing of Cheng v Church Missionary Society Australia Limited (CMS) is a rare instance of a Christian worker taking their employer to the Fair Work Commission seeking redress in an unfair dismissal case. Nothing in this story should be… Continue Reading →

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Kenya’s Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit ‘partially thanks’ Trump for USAID disruption.

Posted on 12/02/2025 by John Sandeman
Jackson Ole Sapit Feb 6 2024

Kenya’s Anglican Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit says that President Trumps shutting down USAID (United State’s Agency for International development) is a wake up call for Africa, and it is time for the continent to manage its own resources and feed… Continue Reading →

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66 people are leaving my church today – and it’s a blessing

Posted on 09/02/2025 by John Sandeman
st lukes burwood north

In hyper-local news, 66 people—52 adults and 14 young people—some of the best and brightest members of St James Anglican, Croydon—are being farewelled at today’s gatherings. But it’s good news. It is sad that people we’ve shared the joys and… Continue Reading →

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Anglican Bishops stand against vilification of Jews

Posted on 06/02/2025 by John Sandeman
dalby

Statement on Antisemitism In recent times, we have seen with growing concern an increase in antisemitism in Australia through hateful words and disrespectful, threatening, and violent actions directed against Jewish communities. Such behaviour is abhorrent and completely unacceptable. We Anglican… Continue Reading →

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Good News for Central Queensland

Posted on 05/02/2025 by John Sandeman
Anglican Church CQ Map

“God is answering prayer all across Central Queensland!” Jen Hercott, the register of the Central Queensland Anglican diocese which includes Gladstone and Rockhampton and stretches west to Longreach and the NT border. “Five vacancies filled, one long-term locum and five… Continue Reading →

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Calvin Robinson loses his job as a minister over Nazi salute

Posted on 31/01/2025 by John Sandeman
Calvin Robinson

The controversy over whether Elon Musk did a Nazi salute has claimed a victim, conservative Christian Commenter Calvin Robinson. Local media in Michigan, where Robinson has been serving in a conservative church, St Pauls Anglican Catholic Church in Grand Rapids,… Continue Reading →

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Pioneers of women’s ordination get Australia Day honours

Posted on 26/01/2025 by John Sandeman
Medal of the Order of Australia

Two women ministers who broke the glass ceiling in the Anglican Church of Australia by being ordained have been awarded Medals of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day awards. The Venerable Heather Toon was the first woman ordained… Continue Reading →

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Trump ≠ conservative

Posted on 25/01/2025 by John Sandeman

Conservative entropy: Right-wing radio host Eric Erickson is one US conservative, and he is extremely conservative, who has spotted the difference between conservatism and Trumpian populism. Wherever one is on the political spectrum (if there is still one), it is… Continue Reading →

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Best of the Cheeks: When 21-year-old Terrence became a Christian, he could hardly read. Now he is a Bible College student

Posted on 09/01/2025 by John Sandeman
Speaker 1 (09:23): Are you enjoying college?

Terrence Lennon Wingfield, an indigenous man, struggled through school on the West Coast of SA, but came to Adelaide and found Jesus at the age of 21. He went to TAFE to learn to read and now is an enthusiastic… Continue Reading →

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