Churches in Australian state of Victoria ramp up campaigns against proposed law banning gay conversion therapies
Churches in the Australian state of Victoria have ramped up a campaign against a proposed bill banning gay conversion therapies, taking out full page ads in newspapers in which they urged the State Government to retract the proposed legislation. Change or Suppression (Conversion) Practices Prohibition Bill 2020, which is due to be introduced to the […]
Essay: Why this Baptist pastor signed up his church for a Paycheck Protection Program loan
US Baptist pastor RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, talks about why his church has signed up to a government loan scheme…
RELIGIOUS RIGHTS: CHURCHES, LAWYERS AND LOBBY GROUPS GRAPPLE WITH AUSTRALIA’S PROPOSED RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL
CHRISTOPHER GILBERT reports on responses to the proposed Religious Discrimination Act in Australia…
UK Christian leaders write letter to new PM expressing concern over impact of ‘no deal’ Brexit on the poor
The leaders of seven UK Christian denominations have written to the country’s new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, expressing “urgent concern” over the impact of a “no deal” Brexit on the country’s poor. The leaders – who include Rev Dr Barbara Glasson, president of the Methodist Conference, Rev Lynn Green, general secretary of the Baptist Union of Great […]
Now is not the time for gradual change in Sudan, says church leader, in wake of coup
Now is not the time for compromise or gradual change in Sudan, a key church leader has said in the wake of last week’s regime change, but the time “to open the door for equal opportunities and better life for all”. In a statement released following a service held at sit-ins around the country’s military […]
Uzbekistan’s military involved in raid on Baptist church – report
Uzbekistan’s military have taken part in a raid on a Baptist meeting for the first time, according to Forum 18. The Norwegian-based news service reports that on 25th November, as many as 40 officials raided a Baptist meeting in the capital Tashkent’s Yashnobod District. It says that for the first time, members of the National […]
Updated: 26 killed in shooting at Baptist church in Texas
A gunman in full combat gear killed 26 people and wounded another during a Sunday service at a small Baptist church in the southern US state of Texas, before he was shot and killed by police, witnesses and officials said. The shooting spree rocked the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a small community of […]