Mary Now Singing from Hillsong Sheet
In a move that has surprised many, Marina Dickson, who played Mary in the World Youth Day re-enactment of the passion of Jesus now worships at Sydney\'s Hillsong evangelical community. .
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Pope Wants Humanity Saved from Homosexuality
Pope Benedict XVI says saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction. \"The Church should also protect man from the destruction of himself. A sort of ecology of man is needed,\" the Pontiff said in a Christmas address to the Curia, the Vatican\'s central administration. \"The tropical forests do deserve our protection. But man, as a creature, does not deserve any less.\" The Catholic Church teaches that while homosexuality
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Church Risks Complicity in Climate Change, Warns Theologian
The church will be complicit in the destruction, poverty and injustice caused by climate change if it does not take radical and united action to demand cuts in the carbon emissions that threaten God's creation.
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3 Presbyterian Churches Dismissed from Denomination
Three Presbyterian churches in Indiana have been granted dismissal from their denomination this week.
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Baptist Pastor Convicted in Azerbaijan
Hamid Shabanov, a Baptist pastor in the South Caucasus country of Azerbaijan, was found guilty of possessing an illegal weapon and was given "a two-year corrective labor sentence."
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Prophecy Conference Examines Signs of End Times
Thousands are expected to attend a prophecy conference in Southern California Friday that will examine what the Bible has to say about the End Times and the current economic crisis.
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Christians Condemn Westboro Hatred
Six Christian organisations have unanimously condemned plans by the Westboro Baptist Church to picket in the UK.
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Burned but not Beaten – Church Vows to Assist in Long Term Community Rebuilding
The Anglican Church, which lost many parishioners and two churches in the worst of the bushfires in the Whittlesea, Kinglake, Marysville, Wallan, Wandong and St Andrews areas, has today announced a community rebuilding team to assist in reconstruction.
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Rick Warren Wants Christians to Defeat the 'Scarcity Mentality
Trust in God and fill 10,000 grocery bags with food was the challenge heard by attendees of Saddleback Church this past weekend.
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Baptists Denounce Latest Westboro Stunt
The National Director of the Baptist Union of Australia, the Revd Dr Brian Winslade, has denounced the latest hate speech from Westboro Baptist Church, which yesterday claimed that God hated Australians and was directly responsible for the tragic Victorian bushfires.
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Saddleback Teaches Faith Lesson Using 10,000 Grocery Bags
Trust in God and fill 10,000 grocery bags with food was the challenge heard by attendees of Saddleback Church this past weekend.
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New St Mary's Admin Hopes to Heal Community
Newly appointed St Mary\'s South Brisbane administrator, Fr Ken Howell, says he plans to visit the parish this week to plan for a \"smooth transition\" and hopes to launch a \"process of healing\" in the parish.