DATE CHANGE – 15th OCTOBER – VICTORIA – CHRISTIAN HERITAGE WALKS, MELBOURNE
New! From the earliest churches to portside ministry – the churches of Melbourne’s west endJoin Sight’s editor David Adams for two hour walk around Melbourne’s CBD looking at some of the city’s rich Christian heritage. The walk will commence at 10.30am. Cost $15 per person ($13.50 for Sight email subscribers/$12 for Sight+ members). Bookings essential. For more information, email [email protected]. If you […]
RUSSIA APPROVES ‘ANTI-MISSIONARY’ BILL
The upper chamber of the Russian Assembly has approved what is being referred to by one Christian organisation as an “anti-missionary bill”. Mission Eurasia’s Sergey Rakhuba says the the bill “prohibits missionary and evangelistic activity in residential areas of Russia and limits missionaries to acting only on behalf of registered religious groups…Any person speaking on […]
FAITH
Faith has become a religious word easily derided as the domain of the ignorant and foolish. We usually interpret it to mean ‘blind faith’ – believing something without any evidence – because there are those who use it like this. But faith is more normal than we think. Most businesses are built on faith: you […]
ESSAY: COLOMBIAN CHURCH SCEPTICAL OVER FARC DEAL
In an article first published on World Watch Monitor, CAMILO RUIZ and LIZ POVEDA, of persecuted church advocacy Open Doors Colombia, look at how the church of that nation is reacting to news of a new ceasefire between the Colombian Government and the guerilla group known as FARC…
ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONDEMN TERROR ATTACK IN BANGLADESH
Roman Catholic bishops in Bangladesh have condemned a 1st July terror attack in which at least 20 people died, saying that violence in the name of religion is “always wrong”. Islamic militants killed at least 20 people after taking them hostage in a Dhaka eatery late on Friday night. Most of the victims were foreigners; […]