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10 antidotes for that sinking feeling

This animation of the Titanic sinking got me thinking about denominations that are in decline and in denial.

To help you pass the time as you go under, here’s 10 suggestions as you listen to the sound “Nearer my God to Thee”.

Blame it on external factors beyond your control. Use words like secularization, urbanization, and globilization.Turn [...]

Planting Vineyards

The Vineyard movement is training church planters in Oz.

More details on their website.

Vineyard churches

Do Australian Anglicans sleep well at night?

The latest NCLS figures show an alarming trend in the Anglican church that will not go away.

Does anybody lay awake at night wondering why? Wondering what is to be done?

AnglicanChurch decline

The aging of Australian Christianity

Forty years ago the age profile of the Australian church matched the that of the nation. Today church attenders are much older than other Australians.

According to a recent NCLS report, it was the young who first started to leave the churches in the 1960s and 1970s – and they have not returned. Now, younger [...]

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