Tag Archive for: church
Domestic Violence: The Church Can’t be Absent From Addressing the Issue
By: Laura Bennett
On average in Australia one women a week is murdered by her current or former partner. One. Woman. A week. Read more
Does Church Matter?
By: Brian Harris
I’ve just finished teaching a week long intensive called “Denominational Distinctives.” Read more
John and Amy’s Kitchen Table – And What it Says About Worship
By: Stephen McAlpine
It was one of those serendipitous moments. There, advertised on the Facebook page of a friend from my old days at Fremantle Assemblies of God church in the mid 1980s, was the kitchen table and chair set we had been looking for. Read more
Explainer: Why Has the “Anglican Church Split”?
By: Michael Crooks
On August 14, the Diocese of the Southern Cross officially launched in Canberra as a breakaway Anglican church. Read more
The Subjective State of ‘Secularism’ – What is a Secular Country, Really?
By: City Bible Forum
It’s a bit of a buzz term at the moment, but when we say “Australia is a secular country” are we talking about a freedom from religion or a freedom for religion in this wide brown country of ours? Read more
Want Your Kids to Do Well in School? Send Them to Church First!
By: City Bible Forum
For most of this year, my wife and I have been agonising over whether to send our first born, nearly 4-year-old son, to a public or an independent religious school. Read more
10 Surprising Things Australians Think of Church, Jesus, and Christians
By: Akos Balogh
What do non-Christian Australians think of Church? What do they think of Jesus? What do they think of Christians? Read more
Census 2022: A Decline in Religion Doesn’t Mean a Decline in Faith
By: Laura Bennett
When the latest Australian Census data was released last month, one of the headline-grabbing shifts was that less than 50 per cent of Australians aligned themselves with Christianity, and a growing number of people (39 per cent) considered themselves non-religious. Read more
What Pandemic? Australians Return to Worship in Church
By: Michael Crooks
Attendance at religious services in Australia is back to normal, according to new research.
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