A press release by NCLS Research gives good news for Easter In December 2022, the Australian Community Survey (2022 ACS) asked Australians if they would go to church this Easter if a close friend or family member invited them. Four… Continue Reading
A spirit of compromise has allowed the Victorian Liberals to avoid either expelling Moira Deeming, the conservative Christian upper house member, or undermining John Pesutto the party leader who had called for her to be removed. Instead, Deeming, who attended… Continue Reading
Children’s book author Penny Reeve reviews A carer’s devotional journal: for carers of kids from tough places’ which like the name implies applies scripture to the lives of people whose lives are far from trouble free. If you’ve ever read… Continue Reading
Politicians of various colours , whether the deep blue Moira Deeming (pictured) from the Vic Liberals or Lidia Thorpe, the ex-Green Senator, have made heavy weather of rallies on trans issues. Deeming faces a party room motion to expel her… Continue Reading
Dan Ole Shani, the Kenyan-born CEO of Open Doors International, brought stories of current persecution during his recent Australian visit. Open Doors is a ministry to the persecuted church, famously started by Bible Smuggler Brother Andrew. But Shani told a… Continue Reading
The long-time lead pastor at the multi-campus Inspire church, John McMartin has been sentenced to an intensive corrections order with 120 hours of community service. A breach of the order could land him in prison with a 16 months sentence… Continue Reading
Mark Latham got cancelled last night by a group that came out to demonstrate in support of him. An election meeting at St. Michaels Church in Belfield, in inner southwestern Sydney, was closed by the police after 500 back-clad counter-demonstrators… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column In the rubble: Missionaries have come to have a unique role in the earthquake zone. When relief teams from other nations arrive to give aid in the earthquake zone – they can’t speak the language. That’s… Continue Reading
Gathered Together, a new book by SMBC lecturer and long-time pastor Karl Deenick is dedicated to the idea that church is where Christians should want to be. Yet with some surveys showing a good chunk of church members are not… Continue Reading
The key revelation in the Hillsong papers tabled by the member for Clark, Andrew Wilkie, might be the disclosure of details of what visiting big-name preachers have been paid. The papers lift the lid on the exclusive club of celebrity… Continue Reading