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ACT Civil Partnerships
Released on Monday, 16th of November 2009
For immediate release
16 November 2009
Baptists urge PM to veto same-sex partnership laws
The National Director of the Baptist Union of Australia, Revd Dr Brian Winslade, has called on the Federal Government to veto same-sex marriage legislation passed last Wednesday by the ACT Assembly... Read more.
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Morling College and Southland College Educating Australia
Released on Thursday, 12th of March 2009
It is with great delight that Morling College and Southland College announce a new direction in teacher education. Southland College has been equipping Christian teachers through post-graduate education for over 20 years and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morling College Ltd... Read more.
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From Doctorates To Diplomas, Morling Graduates 114 Students
Released on Monday, 9th of March 2009
An overflowing Ryde Civic hall filled with Morling College graduates, new students, faculty and family celebrated as students entered a new journey in ministry opportunities. The annual Commencement and Conferral Service, held on Monday 2nd March 2009 welcomed 48 new full-time students and 170 new part-time residential and distance students into the Morling community, beginning their ministry and theological training... Read more.
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Victoria Bushfire Appeal
Released on Thursday, 12th of February 2009
11 February 2008
Baptists launch Emergency Bushfire Relief Fund
Australian Baptists have been urged to give generously to a new Emergency Bushfire Relief Fund to assist those most affected by the Victorian bushfires... Read more.
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Major Protestant denomination calls for climate change action
Released on Thursday, 7th of August 2008
7 August 2008
Major Protestant denomination calls for climate change action
The Baptist World Alliance has called on Baptists everywhere to strongly support government, corporate and community initiatives to address the causes of human-induced climate change... Read more.
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The world’s most notorious atheist has changed his mind!
Released on Tuesday, 1st of July 2008
Antony Flew is the son of a Methodist biblical scholar. He is now in his eighties and is an outstanding philosopher and academic. He is viewed as the world’s leading atheist. Together with a fellow philosopher he formulated the following parable that is meant to show, once and for all, that claims about there being a God are too vague to be sensible and offer no real evidence in support:
Once upon a time two explorers came upon a clearing in the jungle... Read more.
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New Name Broader Vision
Released on Monday, 3rd of March 2008
The Centre for Evangelism & Global Mission (CEGM) and the Centre for Christian Ethics (CCE) are being combined to form a new, third entity called the Tinsley Institute. In doing so, it will expand its charter to include work in the area of public theology... Read more.
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Foreign aid a key moral issue for Australia
Released on Sunday, 4th of November 2007
Foreign aid is a significant moral issue and this should be reflected in real increases in Australia’s foreign aid budget, the President of the Baptist Union of Australia, Rev Dr Ross Clifford, said today... Read more.
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Mentoring and our Future as Baptists
Released on Thursday, 11th of October 2007
I have just returned from Budapest where I attended the annual gathering of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelisation. I went in my role as Australian Chair of Lausanne and to participate in the planning of Lausanne III – 2010 in Cape Town... Read more.
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Thank God for a new vision on pokies
Released on Wednesday, 19th of September 2007
The President of the Baptist Union of Australia, the Rev Dr Ross Clifford, has welcomed the
announcement by South Sydney Leagues Club executive chairman Peter Holmes a Court to provide
a gaming-free environment when the club reopens in 2008... Read more.
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