ACL WELCOMES WITHDRAWAL OF DISCRIMINATION CASE AGAINST CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF HOBART
6th May, 2016 The Australian Christian Lobby has welcomed news that anti-discrimination case against Hobart’s Catholic Archbishop Julian Porteous and the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has been dropped after the complaint which sparked it was withdrawn. It was reported this week that transgender rights activist Martine Delaney had withdrawn her complaint to Tasmania’s Anti-Discrimination Commission […]
CALL TO REMEMBER MOTHERS OF PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA’S OFFSHORE DETENTION CENTRES THIS MOTHER’S DAY
6th May, 2016 A poster advertising the upcoming National Day of Prayer for the mothers of refugees this Sunday. Christian refugee advocates are calling on churches to join in a National Day of Prayer for mothers whose children are in one of Australia’s offshore detention centres this Sunday. The call from the Australian Churches Refugee […]
THIRD CHURCH IN FOUR MONTHS BURNT DOWN IN NORTH TANZANIA
6th May, 2016 Another church in Tanzania’s extreme north-west corner, Kagera – bordering Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda – was burned to the ground on 2nd May by suspected arsonists. No group has claimed responsibility for the fire that destroyed the Roman Catholic church in Nyarwele. It is the third church in four months to be […]
OPEN BOOK – HINTS FROM THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESS: MEANWHILE, PETER’S VISION AT JOPPA
BRUCE C WEARNE, in his examination of the Book of Acts, reflects on the miracle Peter was involved in at Joppa…