PASTOR BEATEN UNCONSCIOUS IN MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA
6th October, 2015 A pastor in Madhya Pradesh state is recovering after Hindu extremists last month beat him unconscious and left him in a pool of blood, sources said. About 20 Hindu extremists in Fattiguda, Jhabua on 10th September kicked, punched and beat with a club pastor Ajmer Singh Damor of Shalom Church, after storming […]
ACL CALLS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO BE PROTECTED IN BILL LEGALISING SAME-SEX ADOPTION IN VICTORIA
6th October, 2015 The Australian Christian Lobby has flagged concerns that a bill before the Victorian Parliament which would legalise same-sex adoptions does not include any protections for religious organisations. Dan Flynn, the ACL’s Victorian director, said while the NSW Government had ensured religious freedom was protected under its same sex adoption laws – allowing […]
SYRIA: CHRISTIANS STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE AMID TERRORS
Morning Star News looks at the plight of Christian Syrians, including reports from Christian Aid of crucifixions and beheadings which took place in late August…
BOOKS: REFRAMING CHURCH WITH AN EYE TO MISSION
6th October, 2015 DARREN CRONSHAW Julie Gittoes, Brutus Green and James Heard (eds) Generous Ecclesiology: Church, World and the Kingdom of God SCM Press, London, 2013 ISBN-13: 9780334046622 "Generous Ecclesiology needs to be generous not just within the streams of the church, but generously engaging with where God is active in local and global cultures." […]
CONVERSATIONS: ANDREW “FISHTAIL” FISHER, JESUS RACING TEAM
Jesus Racing Team’s Andrew “Fishtail” Fisher has just knocked up 200 race starts in his V8 ute. The 48-year-old veteran speaks with DAVID ADAMS about life on – and off – the track…