More than 400 congregations in Texas have voted to leave The United Methodist Church (UMC) amid the mainline Protestant denomination’s ongoing schism over LGBT issues. UMC regional bodies in Texas voted to approve the disaffiliation votes of hundreds of churches,
The Archbishop of Canterbury has visited South Sudan along with Pope Francis and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland this week. Most Rev Justin Welby said the church leaders are making their pilgrimage to “amplify
Lambeth Palace has hit back after the Guardian newspaper said the Archbishop of Canterbury told MPs he would rather see the Church of England lose its privileged status as the established church of the country, than risk a global split
The Chinese Communist Party’s zero-Covid policy wasn’t about controlling the virus. It was about controlling the Chinese people. The white-paper protests, in which people held up blank pages, became a visible expression of anger. The government eventually announced looser testing
WELCOME BACK TO OUR FIRST FULL BULLETIN FOR THE YEAR CHALLENGED BY A VOICE Over the last 200 years much has been done to provide for Aborigines but there has never been an official Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Provision has
The Northern Territory’s Labor Chief Minister says she will not back any “race-based” intervention in besieged Alice Springs, despite the town’s two Aboriginal MPs demanding alcohol bans to curb out-of-control violence and calling the crisis a bigger priority than the
Former National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Thorburn is calling it quits from the church at the centre of his abrupt exit from Essendon Football Club, where he was to be chair. As was reported at the time, Mr Thorburn
Some Methodist lay preachers, who are not ordained and preach voluntarily, are reportedly being blocked from speaking opportunities due to their failure to accept the Church’s stance on same-sex marriage. That’s despite a conscience clause set up to ensure those
The latest Disney animated movie with a pro-LGBT subplot fell short of box office expectations over the Thanksgiving holiday, even as another of its Christmas offerings drew controversy for a scene involving kids inadvertently thanking Satan. “Strange World,” a sci-fi
Open Doors’ World Watch List has revealed North Korea is the country where Christians face the most extreme persecution. Hitting the highest score ever recorded in the list’s history, North Korea has returned to number one on the list after
