Aboriginal Christian leaders call for nation to take part in ‘Change The Heart’ prayer service on eve of Australia Day
Sydney, Australia Australians who want to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ahead of Australia Day next week are being encouraged to take part in this year’s annual ‘Change the Heart’ prayer service. Christian organisation Common Grace says ‘Change The Heart‘ is a time to listen, learn and pray for a nation built on […]
Australia Christians knit scarves to deliver a message on climate emissions
Sydney, Australia Christians worried about Australia’s carbon emissions have used more than 13,000 metres of wool to knit hundreds of scarves to lobby politicians to take urgent action on climate change. More than 300 scarves, using cool blues through to deep reds to depict the world’s rising temperatures in the past century, have been handed […]
POSTCARDS: IN SYDNEY, A PANEL CONSIDERS ACTIVISM AMONG EVANGELICALS TODAY
Last month, Australia’s Anglican Deaconess Ministries kicked off its annual School of Theology, Culture and Public Engagement 2020 with a panel discussion on ‘Evangelical Faith, Past, Present and Future’. CHRISTOPHER GILBERT was there…
In Australia, church bells ring for #ChangetheHeart encouraging reconciliation in lead-up to national day
The bells of St Andrew’s Cathedral rang out over Sydney Tuesday night in honour of the #ChangetheHeart “call to prayer” that Aunty Jean Phillips, one of the most senior Aboriginal Christian leaders in Australia, started in Brisbane to encourage Christians to engage in the process of reconciliation. “You need us and we need you, and change will […]
AUSTRALIA: TREATY CONFERENCE PROVIDES UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR A RECONCILING CHURCH
CHRISTOPHER GILBERT reports from a conference on ‘Christianity and Treaty’ held in Sydney last weekend…