CLIMATE CHANGE: SOLOMON ISLANDS CHURCHES PREACH ACTION
CATHERINE WILSON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the role churches are playing in tackling climate change in the Solomon Islands…
Breaking: Australians vote in favour of same-sex marriage
Australians have voted in support of same-sex marriage with the results of the national, non-binding postal survey showing 7.8 million people – 61.6 per cent – voted ‘yes’ and 4.9 million people – 38.4 per cent – voted ‘no’. The Australian Bureau of Statistics, which released the results of the postal survey at 10am on Wednesday, […]
IS renews threat to Copts as Al-Azhar head says Islam “at war with itself”
World Watch Monitor A pro-Islamic State (IS) group media outlet has issued a new threat against Egypt’s Coptic Christians, saying they must be attacked as “infidel fighters” and their churches must be blown up. The message, issued by the Wafa Media Foundation, said Copts did not accept dhimmitude – the condition of submission imposed by Sharia […]
‘RAH, RAH CULTURE’
It’s easy to be drawn into the ‘rah, rah culture’, especially in church. PICTURE: Unsplash/Eberhard Grossgasteiger You know, enthusiastic messages that say, ‘You are a world changer for God’. It’s a great way to excite a crowd, have people dream of a glorious future, but is it true? What awaits most people is a job […]
Jordan switches on world’s largest solar plant in refugee camp
Thomson Reuters Foundation Jordan has switched on the world’s largest solar plant inside a refugee camp, providing renewable energy to nearly 80,000 Syrians, the United Nations refugee agency said on Monday. The 12.9 megawatts solar plant at Zaatari refugee camp, on the border of Jordan and Syria, will allow families to run a fridge, TV, […]
At least 400 killed, thousands injured and homeless after earthquake in Iran
At least 400 people have been killed and thousands made homeless in what has been described as Iran’s deadliest earthquake in more than 10 years. Aside from those killed, more than 7,000 people were injured in the 7.3 magnitude earthquake which struck on Sunday night in the mountainous border region with Iraq. The hardest hit […]
CHURCH LIFE: AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIANS THINK ENVIRONMENTAL CARE A “RESPONSIBILITY” BUT NOT MANY HEAR IT PREACHED
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Dr Ruth Powell, of the National Church Life Survey, about the findings of the latest poll into the make-up and attitudes of the Australian church…