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WEBSep 19, 2024 — Why I joined the anti war protest in Melbourne. Posted on 13/09/2024 by John Sandeman. This week protestors have targeted “Land Forces 2024” a massive expo featuring the latest ways of waging war. Margie Pestorius, a Queenslander Christian, tells The Other Cheek why she joined the protestors. …
1,000 saved in Awakening Australia’s Brisbane rally
WEB1 day ago — Posted on 30/09/2024 by John Sandeman. The Brisbane Showgrounds, home of the annual Ekka (Brisbane-dese for show), was flooded by local Christians for an evangelistic rally last weekend. At the end of the two-day rally, an announcement from the stage said that 1,000 people had been saved. An …
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WEBPosted on 13/09/2024 by John Sandeman. This week protestors have targeted “Land Forces 2024” a massive expo featuring the latest ways of waging war. Margie Pestorius, a Queenslander Christian, tells The Other Cheek why she joined the protestors. Pestorius is a long-time peace protestor – one…. Continue Reading →.
Tracking where missionaries go and where they come from
WEBSep 22, 2024 — Of the total number of missionaries sent, approximately 17,000 missionaries come from Brazil and 1,200 from Argentina, which indicates that the remaining 11,800 missionaries come from the other 23 member countries of COMIBAM.”. As a third example, the Lausanne report cites Yaw Perbi, past president of …
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WEB3 days ago — Terrible actions and everlasting words. Newcastle Anglicans Morpeth College and sexual abuse: Professor Patrick Parkinson significantly adds to what we know about the scandals of the Newcastle Anglican Diocese in an ABC Religion and Ethics review of Ann Manne’s book Crimes of the Cross. “I had a role to play on the margins of this story, in ...
The mercy seat is not a mere metaphor for Salvos
WEB5 days ago — The mercy seat is a place of grace but it is not the means of grace in the way that sacraments are perceived to be. Receiving salvation or holiness does not depend on spending time at the mercy seat. Salvationists believe in an any-time-any-place-anywhere-anyone God. Therefore, response to Him—communion with Him—does not …
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WEB5 days ago — Nigerian quadruplets return to their birthplace to be baptised. Posted on 09/09/2024 by John Sandeman. Erik Tryggestad via Religion Unplugged Ose Ehimare was 24 weeks pregnant when she boarded a plane in Nigeria for her first-ever international flight. She was alone and more than a bit apprehensive about …
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WEBAug 20, 2024 — Twenty of our churches contributed 50% of the growth of all the churches: What the Sydney Growth/decline report shows. OPINION Mike Doyle, senior minister of St James Berala, was on the committee writing the Sydney Anglican report on “Attendance Patterns and Mission in the Diocese” Here’ are his personal reflections.
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WEBSep 8, 2022 — Recent Post. Why I joined the anti war protest in Melbourne; Up or down: What’s happening to Theological Colleges’ numbers; Queensland and NSW kids get the message
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WEBAug 31, 2024 — Most recent stories. “FREEDOM24 conference will develop your understanding of threats to religious freedom in Australia from historical, theological and policy perspectives,” is the promise Freedom for Faith gave for their 2024 conference.