Rowland Croucher
The High Cost of Faith (Hillsong)
(Note from Rowland: I have no problem with Hillsong as a highly effective modern Pentecostal expression of the Christian faith. Recently I watched a re-run of Hillsong’s annual conference and enjoyed listening to Rick Warren. The conference hosts people like Rick and Bill Hybells and others who would not fully share the Hillsong ethos. But […]
Welcoming the Stranger
Parker Palmer in his book The Company of Strangers; Christians and the Renewal of America’s Public Life writes eloquently about the importance in modern society of welcoming the stranger and embracing the strange. He notes that it is often our fear of the stranger and the strange which causes us to retreat into the private, […]
Malaysia: Image and Substance
Subj: In the recent WEA Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin entitled “Malaysia: At the Crossroads” it was noted: “Elections are due in Malaysia before early 2008. Many people are disenchanted with the ruling party, UMNO, and PAS [Parti Islam Semalaysia] is hoping to capitalise. PAS is modernising and softening its image, replacing turbaned clerics with Western-educated, […]
Prayer Focus Update July 2007
Prayer Focus Update July 2007 Issue 129 PRAYER FOCUS UPDATE is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information and for inclusion in church magazines. * Indonesia: Christian teachers released * Australia: […]
Ministry and Management
MEASURING AND MANAGING CLERGY EFFECTIVENESS One of the most frequent questions I get is, “You say that we must do a better job of evaluating clergy effectiveness. How is it possible to define ‘effectiveness’” I believe that those of us who are charged with the ministry of administration must get better at evaluating and rewarding […]
Catholics up and down in census
The Australian Catholic population is up again according to 2006 Census figures with the total reaching 5.1 million but the proportion of Catholics has declined slightly, says the bishops’ Pastoral Projects Office. In an analysis of the latest census figures, Mr Dixon said that as the total population grew at a faster rate, 5.8 per […]
International News
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * CHRISTIANS FACE BACKLASH IN PAKISTAN OVER RUSHDIE KNIGHTHOOD * CHRISTIANS WHO FLEE IRAQ, FIND SYRIA ‘RUTHLESS’ * NEW ZEALAND CANDLELIT VIGIL CELEBRATES CHRISTIANITY * IRAQI GOVERNMENT FAILING NATION’S CHRISTIANS * ECUMENICAL STUDY SHOWS WHY CONGREGATIONS GROW * UNOFFICIAL NUMBERS INDICATE 130 MILLION CHINESE CHRISTIANS ———————————————– CHRISTIANS FACE BACKLASH IN PAKISTAN […]
The Current Aboriginal Debate
Martin Flanagan is a great journalist and writer. This article says so much in response to so many questions being asked these days. http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/pearsons-crucial-role-for-pm/2007/07/02/1183351119476.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 Pearson’s crucial role for Howard Martin Flanagan July 3, 2007 SUCH weight and public credibility as the Howard Government’s national emergency response in the Northern Territory possesses does not come from […]
Russia
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 27 June 2007 RUSSIA: SAID NURSI BAN BRANDS MODERATE MUSLIMS AS EXTREMIST http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=981 Muslims popularising the work of Said Nursi, a Turkish […]
On Despising the Press
July 1, 2007 By Harry T. Cook I’m entitled to despise the press because it’s self-criticism. I have been a member of the press corps off and on for most of my adult life – all the way from writing for a small-town weekly, to stringing for this editor and that, to editing the monthly […]
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