Category Archives: Australian Christian Lobby

Title: International Days of Prayer for Persecuted Church Link out: Open Doors Description: Millions of Christians around the world today are facing persecution for their faith in Jesus. They experience violence, imprisonment, discrimination, and even death. International Days of Prayer (IDOP) is our chance to stand with persecuted Christians around the world, and lift up Continue Reading

  The Centre for Public Christianity’s Simon Smart spoke to Professor Patrick Parkinson recently about the report For Kids’ Sake. Professor Parkinson was the author of the report, which was commissioned by the Australian Christian Lobby. To read more about For Kids Sake, read the blog post about when it was launched in Canberra.

The Centre for Public Christianity’s Simon Smart spoke to Professor Patrick Parkinson recently about the report For Kids’ Sake. Professor Parkinson was the author of the report, which was commissioned by the Australian Christian Lobby. To read more about For Kids Sake, read the blog post about when it was launched in Canberra.

  Chelsea is one of eight interns at the new Lachlan Macquarie Internship outside Canberra. She spoke to the ACL’s Katherine Spackman about what she’s learning at the internship since it started in August this year. Listen here. Read transcript.

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ACL compiles a daily media monitoring service of stories of interest to the Christian constituency relating to children, family, drugs and alcohol, marriage, human rights, religious freedom etc. Visit the ACL’s website each day to see what’s of interest in the news. Please note that selection of the articles does not represent ACL endorsement of Continue Reading

The full extent of last week’s bizarre and aggressive attack by the Tasmanian Greens on supporters of marriage is now revealed. The Parliamentary Hansard now released shows Liberal Leader Will Hodgman vilified for supporting the idea that marriage is between a man and a woman. In response to Greens MP Nick McKim’s motion calling on the Continue Reading

  The ACL’s Victorian Director Rob Ward will be on the panel at “Spark: The conversation”, a Melbourne Fringe Festival event being held on the 1st and 2nd of October. Mr Ward has been invited to participate in the conversation around issues such as child abuse and to answer the question “Is marriage still popular?” Continue Reading

A recent study has shown that women who have an abortion have an 81% increased risk of mental health problems. Dr Priscilla Coleman of Bowling Green State University, Ohio, conducted a meta-analysis of 22 American and international studies examining a total of just under 900,000 women, including about 160,000 who had had an abortion. The Continue Reading

The ACL’s MD Jim Wallace will participate in a discussion with Australian journalist David Marr at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas on Sunday October 2, 2011. The topic for discussion is “Gays and lesbians do not belong in the classroom”. If you live in Sydney, please consider coming along to support Jim. Date: Sunday October Continue Reading

The ACL’s Jim Wallace appeared on Q & A on Monday the 19th of September along with Kristina Keneally; Former NSW Premier, Raimond Gaita; Philosopher and author, Cristina Rad; Video blogger and radical atheist, and Gerard Henderson; Historian and conservative commentator. If you missed the program click on the ‘continue’ button on the left hand Continue Reading