Church growth strategies I see include new signage, community movie nights, car shows, op shops, play groups and many other ideas. They all have positives. But there is a "new" program a few are ...

A US pastor is claiming a Guinness World Record for the longest speech ever following a marathon sermon. Pastor Zack Zehnder from The Cross church in Mount Dora preached for 53 hours and 18 minutes, ...

Who would have thought controversy surrounds the 'Great Southland of the Holy Spirit'? Four hundred years ago sailors and explorers were the heroic adventurers of their day. Religion, rewards and ...

Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, Elton John, has said that if Jesus were alive today, he would allow same-sex couples including clergy to get married. "We live in a different time," the openly ...

As I entered the dark room with flashing bright colourful lights that were cutting through the darkness like lightning bolts, I instantly questioned whether I had entered the doors of a church or had ...

A Catholic priest repeatedly raped and abused victims in south Australia, a royal commission into responses to abuse heard. Peter Searson, formerly parish priest at Holy Family church in Doveton, ...

The Australian Christian Lobby says many Tasmanian Christian Labor voters will be disappointed with the party's lack of engagement with the constituency during this election. ACL Tasmanian Director ...

Plenty of ink has been spilled over the decay of cultural Christianity and the possibility of Christian persecution in Australia. Christianity is still rated at 52 percent of the population, whether ...

Raised in a loving Christian home, award-winning American actor Denzel Washington says growing up in the fear of the Lord is something that he values deeply in life. Washington, 60, shared his ...

Seven percent of Catholic priests working in Australia between 1950 and 2010 were accused of child sex crimes but few were pursued, Church data showed on Monday, as hearings began over allegations ...

Recently I was asked to convey five great theological themes presented squarely in the Scriptures and to explain and display them in such a way that an ordinary person might exclaim, "hey, I ...

Life is fleeting, however it normally takes something severe to shake us up to a realisation of this. Ephesians tells us to “redeem the time” but do we put it into practice? We only give a brief ...