ACL CALLS ON LABOR TO CLARIFY POSITION OVER SAFE SCHOOLS PROGRAM
18th May, 2016 The Australian Christian Lobby has called on Labor’s leader, Bill Shorten, to clarify his position on the controversial Safe Schools program, saying it was concerning that the party was not ruling out reinstating elements of the program which have been pruned by Education Minister Simon Birmingham. Lyle Shelton, the ACL’s managing director, […]
WOULD-BE US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ASKED TO “SAY SOMETHING NICE” THIS JUNE
18th May, 2016 The steering committee of the US church-born initiative, Say Something Nice Sunday, are calling on would-be US presidential candidates to take a "pledge of civility" to mark the day in June. The committee has written a letter to each of the would-be candidates asking them to take the pledge to "say something […]
REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY: CELEBRATIONS WILL BE ECUMENICAL AND INTERNATIONAL, SAYS GERMAN PROTESTANT LEADER
In an article first published on the World Council of Churches’ website, STEPHEN BROWN reports on plans to commemorate the start of the Reformation next year…