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Reds centre wins the heart of UCA lads

Queensland Reds centre Steve Kefu is preaching the Rugby Union gospel outside of Ballymore, coaching a group of youths from the Park Road Tongan Uniting Church in the game they play in heaven. Kefu jumped at the chance to give back to the various island communities in Brisbane. “When I was asked by the kids from the youth at church ...

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Every Day with Jesus author dies aged 77

Selwyn Hughes died on 9 January 2006 ending a ministry that spanned more than six decades, in which he uniquely combined the roles of writer, pastor, counsellor and teacher. He also founded CWR (Crusade for World Revival), an international organisation that has spearheaded the training of Christian counsellors, leaders and workers in this country and abroad and that continues to ...

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Number one whistle blower for youth and children’s ministry

NRL referee Tim Mander was set to blow the whistle on youth issues when he took on the role of CEO of Scripture Union Queensland, one of Australia’s leading Christian youth and children’s organisations, on January 9. The move comes just months after being named the world’s number one referee. SU Queensland is renowned for its camping and holiday programs ...

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Korean feminist theologian can forgive Japan but cannot forget

Korean theologian Hyun Kyung was brought up to see Japan an enemy but now says she can forgive the nation which once colonised her country. "I cannot forget the Japanese colonialism, but I can forgive this nation," she said speaking during a lecture tour of Japan that took her to Tokyo and other major cities. An associate professor of ecumenical ...

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University of Ulster to honour former Uniting Church President

The University of Ulster today unveiled its list of honorary graduates for the summer 2006 ceremonies which included Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture Reverend Professor James Haire. A native of Belfast he served as Chairperson of the Youth Committee of the Irish Council of Churches in 1966. After moving to Australia, Professor Haire became President of ...

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South African Anglican in bid to shift focus from sex issues to poverty

South African Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane has announced an initiative to re-focus the mission of the worldwide Anglican Communion towards ending poverty and addressing the effects of climate change, rather than on issues around sexuality that are forcing divisions in the grouping. Ndungane, the archbishop of Cape Town, has been appointed by the Anglican Communion to co-ordinate its efforts on issues ...

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Coretta Scott King remembered for her civil rights leadership

Coretta Scott King, the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, is being remembered for her own leadership in the struggle for civil and human rights in the United States and throughout the world. She was an unwavering advocate of civil and human rights and a champion of non-violence," said the Rev. Michael E. Livingston, the president of the ...

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UnitingJustice believes the RU486 debate is confused

The Uniting Church has claimed that the drug RU486 should be evaluated by proper trials in the same way as any other therapeutic drug or procedure and that the question of the drug’s safety should be viewed separately to a debate on the moral and ethical issues of the abortion procedure itself Rev Elenie Poulos, National Director UnitingJustice Australia wrote ...

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Protestant ‘saint’ who opposed Hitler remembered

Christians around the world are preparing to remember the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German Lutheran theologian executed for his opposition to the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler. "He is a saint – in the Protestant meaning of the word," said Germany’s top Protestant bishop, Wolfgang Huber, one of the editors of the complete works of ...

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Trinity graduates ready to start

Ministry of the Word graduates from Trinity Theological College Lucie Bennett and Wayne McHugh will commence their placements as intern ministers at the start of 2006. For Lucie, candidating for ministry was something she first thought about 20 years ago but it wasn’t until three months before her husband was diagnosed with cancer that she received another call, and two ...

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