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Defining what Christian ‘mission’ means

Posted on 03/07/2024 by John Sandeman
Mark Earngey at Gafcon 2024

It’s possible though to be a little bit confused sometimes by the Bible’s mandate for mission,” Mark Earngey told the Gafcon Australia Conference meeting in Brisbane this week. “On the one hand, sometimes the use of the word mission can… Continue Reading →

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Church plants and conversion stories: Aussie Anglicans (and others) meet at Gafcon

Posted on 02/07/2024 by John Sandeman

Sydney Archbishop Kanishka Raffel visits churches every week, and “virtually every week”, he hears stories of people coming to Christ. Raffel urged delegates not to be ashamed of the gospel speaking at the Gafcon (Global Anglican Future) Australasia Conference, currently… Continue Reading →

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Why the Anglican Church faces existential challenges

Posted on 24/06/2024 by John Sandeman
acna logo

This is a commentary on the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) by Warren Cole Smith via Religion Unplugged. The conservative breakaway church has been meeting to elect a new Archbishop, Steve Wood, to replace Foley Beach. (ANALYSIS) The Anglican… Continue Reading →

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Does the Bible link “being strong” to being male?

Posted on 22/06/2024 by John Sandeman
Act like Who?

What does it mean to act like a man? At the recent Men Meeting, the Challenge Conference, a panel discussion featured on the widely respected Pastors Heart podcast began with a discussion on a critical Bible verse. “There are not… Continue Reading →

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Christians told ‘Get involved in politics’

Posted on 29/05/2024 by John Sandeman

Don’t retreat. Getting involved in politics is good for Christians and our country, two public Christians said at the launch of Subjects and Citizens: the Politics of the Gospel, a new book by Sydney Anglican Michael Jensen. It was launched… Continue Reading →

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What’s the difference between Australia’s two forms of Anglicanism

Posted on 27/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Darkness by Fudge

A history of the regional Diocese of Armidale is an odd venue for clarifying the differences between Australia’s conservative and progressive Anglicans. But “Darkness: The Conversion of Anglican Armidale, 1960-2019” by Thomas Fudge, Professor of History at the University of… Continue Reading →

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Armidale and Grafton: the great Anglican experiment

Posted on 16/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Ebor Falls

Travelling North from Sydney towards Queensland, the Inland route by train or car takes you through Armidale, seat of the evangelical diocese of the same name, and the coastal route takes you through Grafton, the cathedral city of a progressive… Continue Reading →

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If people tell you that you are awesome this may not be the place for you

Posted on 13/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Simon Gillham, Moore College

This is not likely to be reported, Simon Gillham, Vice Principal of Moore College said during a talk he gave at the college’s open night last week. “I can see a few people with cameras around the newspapers haven’t got… Continue Reading →

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Church leaders grilled at Aboriginal inquiry

Posted on 10/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Bishop Genevieve Blackwell at the Yoorrook Commision

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 →

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Why Anglican evangelicals stayed away from Primates (national leaders) gathering

Posted on 07/05/2024 by John Sandeman
Dancing at the Kigali Gafcon Conference

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 →

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