Christianity remains far and away the main religion in Australia, but Hinduism and Buddhism are growing at a greater rate.
Almost 12.7 million Australians declared they were Christian in the 2006 census, up from 12.6 million in 1996. But as a proportion of the population, those identifying as “Christians” fell from 71 per cent to 64 […]
Every year Prof. David Barrett, editor of the World Christian Encyclopaedia, and Todd Johnson of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, publish their Status of Global Mission. Through incorporating secular as well as church-based sources this is probably one of the most comprehensive databases in the world. The Status of Global Mission shows gradual changes in the global […]
Mr John McKinnon is the NSW State Co-ordinator for Tear Australia. This article first appeared in TEAR’s Target magazine, August 2007
Was it Al Gore’s film? Was it the drought? Whatever the catalyst, climate change is now headline news every day. Is it just a distraction from our true mission, or is it an integral part of […]
From Ian Thomson who is a home church leader in Brisbane…..
Let’s start with Matthew 18:
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a little child and had him stand among them. Then he said to them, “I can guarantee this truth: Unless you […]
We had a great night last Tuesday night doing church….after grace where all 5 of us thanked God for something while holding hands,we enjoyed a potluck meal,which for the third week in a row we brought very similar things so that has become a joke now….we then had a treasure hunt and then read the […]
Matthew 20:1-16. The landowner hired people to work in his vineyard. Some he hired straight away, and then later in the day, he found some standing in the marketplace doing nothing. He sent them also to work in his vineyard. At three later stages in the day, the same thing happened. The person who was […]
From Kevin Smith - It has now been arranged that we will have a time to spend a few hours together on Saturday 6th October. The event will be hosted by Geoff and Bronwyn Forman near their home at Benalla. If you plan to come and share in this one day event please give Geoff […]
Stan is the author of ‘CUSTOM AND COMMAND’ I have also met Stan a few years ago. OIKOS has copies of this book available free, but if you click here you can download an electronic version Custom and Command.pdf . (Bessie)
Kevin writes - ‘During this trip we have met many people. A most wonderful, now old […]
Chinese Government launches nationwide campaign against uncontrolled religious activities - 8/28/2007
Massive arrests occur in Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong, and Anhui - Some are still being detained for receiving bibles while some were persecuted by having their water and electricity cut off by the government. Read On: http://www.openheaven.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=17829&PN=1&TPN=1
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Then check out Nedlands home church site (see Blog list to the right). They have had their first meeting. Lots of interesting reading about house church on their Blog.