Australian Christian Lobby hopes new PM will see religious freedom as a priority
The Australian Christian Lobby has expressed hopes that incoming Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will see religious freedom as a priority. Congratulating Morrison after he won a Liberal party room spill on Friday, Martyn Iles, the ACL’s managing director, said the group looked forward to “continuing our constructive conversation with the government on religious freedom.” “It’s now been […]
Australia’s Prime Minister-elect Scott Morrison tells country the next generation of Liberal leadership is “on your side”
Australia’s Prime Minister-elect, Scott Morrison, has told the country he and new party deputy Josh Frydenberg – who is expected to take on the job of Treasurer in the new government – are “on your side”. “There has been a lot of talk this week about whose side people are on in this building,” he told a press […]
UK to step in if no-deal Brexit costs charities EU aid money
Thomson Reuters Foundation British charities that receive European Union funding will not lose out if the country crashes out of the bloc without a deal, the UK Government said on Thursday, after aid groups raised fears their work could suffer. The government said it would underwrite new programmes led by British aid and development organisations […]
HEALTH INSIGHT: TEN HABITS OF PEOPLE WHO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF
In an article first published on The Conversation, Dr GINA CLEO, of Bond University, reports on the findings of a new study looking at the habits of those who successfully lose weight…
Updated: Scott Morrison will be Australia’s 30th Prime Minister after Malcolm Turnbull ousted
Last updated 2.40pm Scott Morrison will be Australia’s 30th Prime Minister after Malcolm Turnbull didn’t contest a leadership spill held just after noon on Friday. The Liberal party room meeting saw three people – Peter Dutton, Scott Morrison and Julie Bishop – put their names forward for the nation’s top job. Bishop was eliminated in […]
Highest proportions of Christians who value religion as “most important” in Africa and Latin America
Christians in Africa and Latin America tend to pray more frequently, attend religious services more regularly and consider religion more important in their lives than Christian elsewhere in the world, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. The study, which analysed 84 countries with sizeable Christian populations, found that in 35 of the countries, at […]
Sierra Leone wants more girls in school – but not if pregnant
Thomson Reuters Foundation Pregnant schoolgirls in Sierra Leone will be banned from classes and exams despite sweeping new government measures to improve access to education for all, a state spokesman said on Thursday. The West African country introduced the ban on pregnant girls in 2015 after a rise in rape, abuse and poverty during the […]
US: #CHURCHTOO SUPPORTER KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR BUILDS BRIDGES BETWEEN THE EXTREMES
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, profiles Karen Swallow Prior, an influential voice within the Southern Baptist Convention and the #ChurchToo movement…
World Council of Churches holds service marking 70 years since its founding
Hundreds of people gathered at Amsterdam’s Nieue Kerk this week to mark the 70th anniversary of the World Council of Churches in the place where it was founded. Coming from across the globe, they attended a service held under the banner of “Walking, Praying and Working Together” during which Rev Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of […]
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – THE LORD’S PATIENCE; OUR SENSE OF TIMING
BRUCE C WEARNE, in his commentary on the Epistle of James, looks the call to “maintain patience” in chapter five…