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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Fri, 04 May 2018 06:38:51 +0000

The Journey team selects stories that got us talking this week. Trump’s decree to keep religion free CBN News reports on President Trump’s latest initiative to protect religious liberty and open access to government funding for faith-based organisations. The presidential executive order promoting free speech and religious liberty includes provisions that the Department of the Treasury does ...

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Singing the Lord’s song in a new land

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:28:17 +0000

Christian refugees from Iraq and Syria come together with local Brisbane church members to celebrate the Easter journey. Sue Hutchinson reports. My Catholic community of Bracken Ridge in north Brisbane has welcomed about 90 families from Iraq and Syria since last May. These Christians were brought to Australia as refugees, fleeing war and persecution in ...

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Friday’s religion wrap

QLD Synod Webmaster — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 23:15:44 +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. Christ’s burial place exposed for first time in centuries National Geographic reports that restorers working in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Israel have uncovered a stone ...

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Churches called to act for peace in Syria

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 06:21:55 +0000

Act for Peace, the international aid agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia, visited the Za’atari refugee camp in northern Jordan, supporting Syrian refugees fleeing the crisis. As the conflict worsens, Act for Peace asks for continued support from the Christian community, writes Karen McGrath. Just over a year ago there was only ...

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A call to prayer for Syria

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 04:58:20 +0000

The Uniting Church in Australia has expressed distress at reports of chemical weapons attacks in Syria earlier this week. President of the Uniting Church Assembly, Rev Dr Andrew Dutney, has called on the church to join him in praying for those affected by the attacks in Damascus. “We mourn with the families of those who ...

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