Pastor Alistair Begg, the Scottish-born but US-based voice of the Truth for Life Bible-teaching ministry, has been announced as a key speaker at the CMS Summer School 2025 event in Katoomba, NSW. Recent comments by Begg have caused controversy among… Continue Reading
Dorothy Lee, the Stewart Research Professor of New Testament at Trinity College Melbourne, a college of the University of Divinity, has become a member of the Order of Australia in the January 26 honours list. Her citation reads, “For significant… Continue Reading
Responding to a piece by theologian Andrew Goddard on the widely read (especially in England) blog Psephizo, the question is, “Have Evangelicals made secret plans to split the church?” The church in question is the Church of England, and the… Continue Reading
On an April Sunday, The Other Cheek was one of two Westerners to visit Gamasara church in a remote part of Tanzania. I went to Africa to report the worldwide gathering of Anglicans known as Gafcon (the Global African Future… Continue Reading
Last Sunday, December 17, saw the first “Prayers of Love and Faith” being offered in the Church of England. These new official prayers allow LGBTQIA couples to receive prayers of blessing in local churches as part of ordinary worship services.… Continue Reading
A narrow vote of the Church of England General Synod (church parliament) this week has given the go-ahead for “experimental’ services of blessings for same-sex couples on a trial basis. This is despite the General Synod having voted at their… Continue Reading
This is a week of good news for the Diocese of the Southern Cross – a breakaway refuge for evangelical churches in progressive Australian Anglican dioceses (regions). Four new churches are being added to the Diocese of the Southern Cross… Continue Reading
Possibly the most significant words in a communique issued this week by the Primates (national leaders) of the conservative Global South Fellowship of Anglicans (GSFA) was the list of who attended. The statement, which reaffirmed the determination of the Global… Continue Reading
Well-known author and theologian David Bentley Hart sat down with Indigenous pastors Ray Minniecon from Sydney, and Gabriel Bani from Thursday Island during his recent Australian tour for Gospel Conversations. In this piece, we report some highlights from their discussion… Continue Reading
By David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service Al Ahli Arab Hospital, a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem that serves patients in Gaza, was hit Oct. 17 by an apparent airstrike, adding to an already volatile situation in the Palestinian territory as Israeli… Continue Reading