Peter Bentley reports on recent research on digital congregations. Given the response to my previous article on etiquette for zoom, I thought it would be helpful to provide some further comments. In June 2024 the Australian Association for the Study… Continue Reading
The Other Cheek interviews Graham Joseph Hill who recieved an OAM on the King’s Birthday honours list for:”service to theological education, and to the Baptist Churches of Australia.” But now he’s providing his services to the Uniting Church… 1. Graham… Continue Reading
The Church of England’s General Synod (church parliament) has voted to continue developing plans for stand alone blessing services for same-gender couples. A selection of readings and prayers of thanksgiving, dedication and asking for God’s blessing for same-sex couples –… Continue Reading
An assiduous reader of Christian social media – including this writer’s – pointed The Other Cheek to the facebook page of the Australian Christians political party Facebook page. The party, strongest in WA, is a conservative party similar to the… Continue Reading
The question came from the back of the room at last week’s Gafcon Australasia 2024 conference and from a minister from the top of Australia, Cairns, in the Diocese (region) of North Queensland. “The big divisive issue within our diocese… Continue Reading
100 years ago this weekend, Christian sprinter Eric Liddell put his faith before his passion for athletics by going to church and missing the 100 metres qualifier. His inspirational story was retold in the movie ‘Chariots of Fire’. Eric’s reward… Continue Reading
Former Hillsong College student Anna Crenshaw (right) has settled her long-running court case against a Hillsong Admin worker, Jason Mays (left), but has continued her case against Hillsong Church and the college. It was March 2016 when 18-year-old Anna Crenshaw,… Continue Reading
Chalking: Co-founder of Eternity newspaper, David Maegraith, thinks it’s time we saw Eternity chalked on our streets once more. But this time, the epicentre will be Adelaide. “It’s been decades since Arthur Stace chalked Eternity around Sydney, so I thought… Continue Reading
Australian Christians are too often ignorant about their sisters and brothers across the Tasman. Bishop Jay Behan of the Church of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa New Zealand and a team of New Zealanders gave a sharp update to the Gafcon Australasia… Continue Reading
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