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Giving thanks to God and committing to reconciliation

Posted on 15/01/2025 by Neville Naden
Neville Naden

A message from Neville Naden, Indigenous Ministry Officer, The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia. As we approach another Australia Day, I pause to reflect on the blessings we enjoy as Australians, the challenges of our shared history, and the… Continue Reading →

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One of Jesus’ ‘Little Ones’

Posted on 13/01/2025 by Charles Brammall

James Oswald (Jimmy) Little was a keen and committed Christian and Yorta Yorta man. He was born in 1937 on the Cummeragunga settlement (called a “mission”, although technically it wasn’t one) near Echuca, on the New South Wales side of… Continue Reading →

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This Sunday is Aboriginal Sunday 2025

Posted on 13/01/2025 by John Sandeman
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Each year, Aboriginal Sunday is held on the Sunday before January 26, continuing the observance Christian Aboriginal leader William Cooper began in 1938, along with a Day of Mourning gathering he led 150 years after white settlement or invasion began… 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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When 21-year-old Terrence became a Christian, he could hardly read. Now he is a Bible College student

Posted on 13/10/2024 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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A call for an Aboriginal Bishop for Sydney

Posted on 22/08/2024 by John Sandeman
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Sydney’s Anglican Synod will be asked to agree to create and fund a position for the Director of Indigenous Ministry, “to be appointed by the Sydney Anglican Indigenous Peoples’ Ministry Committee (SAIPMC) with the concurrence of the Archbishop. But the… Continue Reading →

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Top news from the top end

Posted on 10/08/2024 by John Sandeman
Nungalinya College

Record student stats from Nungalinya College in Darwin reveal the First Nations’ college is doing well, despite the difficulties that have led to the closure of other institutions Wontulp-Bi-Buya in Cairns and School of Indigenous Studies, University of Divinity. “2023… Continue Reading →

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Two First Nations’ theological colleges close due to lack of funds

Posted on 25/07/2024 by John Sandeman
School of Indifenous studies

Just a week apart, two of Australia’s theological schools, the School Of Indigenous Studies based in Melbourne and Wontulp-Bi-Buya in Cairns, have been closed by their funding bodies. In a statement titled “Budget Adjustment Advice” about the finances of the… Continue Reading →

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It’s sad, some Christians object to Naidoc week

Posted on 09/07/2024 by John Sandeman
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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 →

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DJ Gondarra: A bridge between many cultures

Posted on 23/06/2024 by John Sandeman
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Pastor Ray Minniecon of Scarred Tree Ministries pays tribute to Yolŋu elder Rev Dr DJ Gondarra Today, I seek to humbly honour the life and legacy of Rev Dr DJ Gondarra, a revered Yolŋu elder who passed away peacefully in… Continue Reading →

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