Hillsong Conference is back! And you'll never guess who this year's headliner is
Hillsong Conference, Australia's largest annual conference, is back with a line up that promises to deliver a week full of worship, fun, and the presence of God. Led by the Hillsong team including Pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston, Christine Caine of A21, and the Hillsong worship team. .
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Pope Francis to meet with surviving clerical sexual abuse victims
Pope Francis has announced plans to meet with survivors of clerical sexual abuse.
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Christian identity is rooted in the Church, says Pope Francis
Pope Francis said that people cannot be Christians without the Church, explaining that Christian identity is rooted in it and that believers cannot stand alone.
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Southern Baptist Church failing to reach Millennials, according to new report
A report released by the Southern Baptist Commission this week suggests that the US\'s largest denomination outside of the Roman Catholic Church is struggling to bring in new members from the Millennials and younger age group demographic.
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Budget commitment to fund school chaplaincy program welcomed
Australian Baptist leaders have commended the Abbott Government on fulfilling its election promise to extend funding for the school chaplaincy program.
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Anti-homophobia measures set up for Church of England schools
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will today announce a series of anti-homophobia measures for Church of England schools.
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National compensation scheme for child sex abuse victims the way forward
Over the past two weeks Australians have heard stories from 11 old men who endured the worst physical and sexual abuse as young boys in orphanages and farm schools run by the Christian Brothers in Western Australia from the late 1940s and into the 60s.
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Archbishop Denis Hart re-appointed President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
The Catholic Bishops of Australia have re-elected Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, as President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference for a two-year term.
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Lutheran Church in Chile ordains first woman pastor
The Lutheran Church in Chile (ILCH) has ordained Rev. Hanna Schramm as its first woman pastor in a historic move that means all Lutheran World Federation (LWF) churches in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region now embrace women ministers.
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'War in South Sudan must end now', say WCC general secretary
"The senseless war in South Sudan must end now," said the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, following the pastoral visit of a high-level ecumenical delegation to local churches in Juba, South Sudan on 2 May.
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Grandson of Westboro Baptist Church founder the latest family member to leave controversial group
Another family member of the founder of the highly controversial Westboro Baptist Church has left the group.
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Catholic Church to review training for new priests on child protection
Work is now underway within the Catholic Church to review the education of people training for the priesthood in Australian Dioceses.