The answer to the question “Is sexuality dividing the church in Australia?” is a decided “yes!” for Mark Durie, a Senior Research Fellow at the Melbourne School of Theology. He makes the case in his new book Double Minded: How… Continue Reading
Peter Cameron, the Presbyterian minister convicted of heresy by his church, once wrote, “History tends to be written by the winners, except for the odd occasions when the victims get their versions out first.” By that standard, Cameron won. His… Continue Reading
Every few years The Other Cheek looks to see if the numbers in church networks can be teased out. here is this year’s update Catholic: The official National count of Attendance reported 623,400 people on average, attended weekly mass in… Continue Reading
Influential UK preacher the late Martyn Lloyd-Jones was interviewed by broadcaster Aneirin Talfan Davies and the subject of politics came up. Davies: Two traits in the evangelical outlook on religion, it seems to me that they tend to lessen the social… Continue Reading
An excerpt from John Dunmore Lang’s Sermon National sins, the cause and precursors of national judgments Preached in Scots church Sydney in 1838. Lang is often regarded as the father of the Presbyterian Church in Australia. It stands with Baptist… Continue Reading
The very male General Assembly of Australia (GAA), the peak body of the Presbyterian Church of Australia (PCA), received a report on how the church can listen more carefully to the voices of women at its meeting in Hurstville in… Continue Reading
Welcome to Country (WtC) or Acknowledgement of Country (AoC) will not be able to be performed at public worship services of the Presbyterian Church of Australia after a vote in their General Assembly of Australia, the church’s peak council that… Continue Reading
The NSW Presbyterian General Assembly was all set to discuss “Healthy Complementarianism” at its meeting last weekend at the Presbyterian Ladies College Croydon, but a phone call the night before shut the discussion down. A lengthy consultation process in the… Continue Reading
By Rafa Oliveira Religion Unplugged Timothy Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, has died at age 72. He passed peacefully in his home in New York City on May 19 of complications from pancreatic cancer. Keller had been receiving… Continue Reading
I think that second and third-generation Asian Australians are uniquely positioned to serve as future ministers of our churches and leaders of our organisations/institutions. None of these points is particularly new. But I’ve felt them in a fresh way in… Continue Reading