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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 00:46:03 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. A foreign third loving the Word ABC News reports that more than a third of Australian churchgoers were born overseas and that first and second generation migrants are making up “an increasingly significant segment of the churchgoing population”. The Uniting Church is featured prominently in the ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:05:25 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. New faith for true Beliebers? NME has some good news for Christian Justin Bieber fans who feel the current denominations just aren’t serving them enough Bieber-ness in their faith: rumours are the Canadian pop star may start up his own church. The exact source of the rumour ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:42:07 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. Check back in every Friday to see the latest wrap up of religious news that made us think and reflect. Hillary turns to Galatians to cope with mega loss As the world watched Donald Trump win the presidential election, a shattered Hillary Clinton went on social media ...

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Faith in a Netflix economy

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 06 May 2015 22:00:33 +0000

The way we are consuming products—including church—is rapidly changing. Ashley Thompson asks, what does this mean for our communities of faith? A mere decade ago, Blockbuster dominated Friday night entertainment. Now as on-demand internet streaming provider Netflix launches in the Australian market, the “Be Kind, Rewind” era is officially over. Kodak, Nokia, Borders: Blockbuster is ...

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Religion survives ABC budget cuts

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 03:09:36 +0000

As the public broadcaster pares back its spending in response to budget cuts, religious programming has maintained its tenuous presence in the public space. Journey reports. Religious programming at the ABC has survived major cuts in the fallout from the federal government’s decision to strip $254 million from the national public broadcaster over the next ...

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Churches respond to drought crisis

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 04:48:46 +0000

Uniting Church bodies across Australia have coordinated to feed livestock, offering reprieve to desperate farmers throughout Queensland. Ashley Goetze reports. Confirmed by the ABC as Queensland’s most widespread drought on record, Frontier Services and members of two churches have independently taken action to alleviate the enormous cost of providing hay to Queensland’s starving livestock. “In ...

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Letters April 2014

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 04:40:51 +0000

There were a number of letters in response to the March edition of Journey. Those which the authors were happy to see published appear below. Letters to the editor should be no longer than 150 words and are published at the discretion of the editor. Please supply your full name as well as the name ...

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