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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 11 May 2018 01:32:57 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. Less than Marvel-lous preaching causes movie chaos The Christian Post interviews the pastor who caused a stir at an Avengers movie screening by loudly preaching during the end credits and subsequently causing chaos when people thought he might be a gunman. Michael Webber claims he often ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 06:44:23 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. Less bread for Gen-Z The Christian Post reports on data suggesting that today’s American teenagers are the most non-Christian generation in American history with only four out of 100 holding a true biblical worldview. The Barna Group’s research project into Generation Z’s (born between 1999 ...

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Blasphemy conviction causes soul-searching

QLD Synod Webmaster — Wed, 31 May 2017 05:40:02 +0000

The conviction last month of Jakarta’s outgoing Christian governor, Basuki Tjahaja “Ahok” Purnama, on charges of blasphemy has caused considerable soul-searching in Indonesia. John Harrison reports. Ironically, the conviction, which is still subject to appeal, came one week after Indonesia’s leadership proclaimed their support for freedom of expression in the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 06:00:39 +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. Historic church up for grabs News.com.au reports on the sale of a historic Uniting Church in country New South Wales, built in the late 1800s, which is ...

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Uniting Church condemns death penalty again

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 23:31:30 +0000

The Uniting Church in Australia has joined churches, non-governmental organisations and others in voicing concerns about Indonesia’s resumption of the death penalty. President of the Uniting Church in Australia Rev Dr Andrew Dutney is one of 14 organisational leaders who have written to both the Indonesian ambassador to Australia and to the Australian minister for ...

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