HOMELESSNESS NSW DATA SHOWS RISE IN ROUGH SLEEPERS ON SYDNEY’S STREETS
26th August, 2014 The number of people sleeping rough in Sydney has risen 16 per cent in the past year, according to data released by Homelessness NSW. The street count report for August shows 296 rough sleepers, a 16 per cent increase on the figure from a year ago, but Homelessness NSW chief executive Gary […]
IRAN PRESSURES DETAINED PASTOR TO CONFESS WRONGDOING; CHRISTIAN’S FAMILY UNDER PRESSURE
26th August, 2014 A detained Iranian pastor faces charges of "waging war against Allah" and is under pressure to falsely confess that his evangelical church movement is involved in anti-government activities, Christian rights activists say. Pastor Abdolreza “Matthias” Ali-Haghnejad, a leader of the Church of Iran in Karaj city near Tehran, was arrested 5th July, […]
BOOKS: ON THE WAY TO FAITH AN ACCESSIBLE AND FRESH LOOK AT THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
DARREN CRONSHAW looks at Ken Manley’s On the way to FAITH – among the books short-listed for the 2014 Australian Christian Book of the Year…
ESSAY: WHY YOU WANT A GOAT FOR FATHER’S DAY (TRUST US, YOU REALLY DO!)
With Father’s Day just around the corner in Australia, Compassion Australia’s KATY CAUSEY and ELISSA WEBSTER put forward the case for making this year’s present one that lasts…