Rod Benson to present 2CH news comments
Baptist minister and Public Affairs Director for the NSW Council of Churches Rod Benson has been selected to succeed Deaconess Margaret Rodgers as presenter of the Council's Sunday news editorials on Sydney radio station 2CH. .
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Assemblies of God elects first woman to the executive
\"It\'s a wonderful moment for the church to recognize God lays his hand on women and say they bring something to the table,\" the Rev Beth Grant, who was elected on the second electoral ballot, told The Ledger.
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Annual conference of Fijian Methodist Church cancelled
Fijian Methodist Church leaders have stepped back and cancelled the annual conference all-together, but clarifying that their decision is not to condone the actions of the military government but they will seek an alternative channel to express its standing.
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Ban on Fijian Church annual conference lifted with stipulation
The ban on Fiji Methodist Church's annual conference was lifted by a court in the capital of Fiji. The green light was given along with the stipulation that the conference should be "solely and wholly for the administration of the church."
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Ex-church president: Fiji Church should cancel conference
A humble plea comes from a former President of the Methodist Church of Fiji, for churches to step back from this year's annual conference to avoid any further standoff between the government and church.
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Anglican leader mulls two-track Communion
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has issued a lengthy response to the recent move by The Episcopal Church in the US to open its ordination process to all individuals, including practising homosexuals.
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Arrest of Fiji church leaders prompts call for prayer
The British Methodist Church is asking Christians to pray for the Methodist Church in Fiji following the arrest of seven of its leaders last week.
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Uniting Church: "Aboriginals are the first people of Australia"
In its recent Triennial Assembly, the Uniting Church has acknowledged the Aboriginals as the 'First Peoples of Australia' and recognized the dark past between them and the Christian Churchs.
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Archbishops advise against sharing chalice during swine flu pandemic
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have written to bishops in the Church of England advising them to halt the sharing of the chalice during communion to help prevent the spread of swine flu.
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Coffey challenges Baptists to be 'sent like Jesus'
The 400th anniversary celebration of the worldwide Baptist movement came to an end on Sunday night with a challenge to Baptists to relinquish their privileges and take up the cross of being Christ's hands and feet in a broken world.
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Baptists urged to find unity in Lord's Supper
Baptists started the last day of their 400th anniversary celebrations on Sunday with a call to remember Christ's sacrifice as they seek to become one.
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Be partakers, not spectators
The rector of the Baptist Seminary of the Netherlands has challenged fellow Baptists to be partakers, not spectators in God's history.