It’s 11:55AM Melbourne time on Tuesday August 17, 2010 and the world population clock just keeps ticking over. With 267 people born every minute and 108 dying, the world’s population will top 7 billion next year. By 2050 the planet will be home to more than 9 billion people. The population of Africa is projected [...]
Tag Archives: Trends
Blessed are the educated
18 June, 2010 – 1:01 PM
Here’s a study that shows, if you attend church in Australia you are far more likely to be university educated. So which is the chicken and which is the egg?
Sunday’s Coming
13 May, 2010 – 8:21 PM
For all the cynics out there and for all those who take themselves too seriously . . . “Sunday’s Coming” Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo. HT: tallskinnykiwi
Christianity surges in Indonesia
11 May, 2010 – 10:50 AM
Time Magazine reports: A religious revolution is transforming Indonesia. Part of the spiritual blossoming entails Muslims embracing a more conservative form of faith, mirroring global trends that have meant a proliferation of headscarves and beards in modern Islamic capitals. More surprising, though, is the boom in Christianity — officially Indonesia’s second largest faith and a [...]
South Park bravery
9 May, 2010 – 7:04 AM
via Andrew Bolt: Comedy Central might censor every image of the Prophet Muhammad on “South Park,” yet the network is developing a whole animated series around Jesus Christ. As part of the network’s upfront presentation to advertisers, Comedy Central is set to announce “JC,” a half-hour show about Christ wanting to escape the shadow of [...]
British Methodists prepare to die
8 April, 2010 – 2:12 PM
We are prepared to go out of existence not because we are declining or failing in mission, but for the sake of mission. Rev David Gamble, Methodist Conference President (third from right). Addressing the Church of England’s General Synod, February 11, 2010. Once a world changing movement under John Wesley, the Methodist church has seen [...]
Australian population growing at double the world average
27 March, 2010 – 9:49 AM
Australia’s population is growing at double the world average. Underpinned by an economy that weathered the global financial crisis, Australia grew by 451,900 people in the year to last September, taking it beyond the 22 million mark, Australian Bureau of Statistics figures reveal. That is an increase of 451,900 people during the year, keeping the [...]
Atheists convert agnostic
17 March, 2010 – 5:41 PM
Agnostic Andrew Bolt reports on how atheists have nearly converted him to Christianity. THE Global Atheists Convention in Melbourne last weekend worked a miracle on me. I’ve never felt more like believing in God. Especially the Christian one. My near conversion occurred because the convention’s speakers managed to confirm my worst fear. No, it’s not [...]
Why wouldn’t you want to migrate to Australia?
1 January, 2010 – 9:18 PM
Migration numbers for Australia are at a record high. The number of permanent and long-term migrants arriving in Australia has soared to more than 500,000 a year. Record numbers of migrants, temporary workers and overseas students are piling into the lucky country. There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence that migrants from all over the world are [...]
A cold wind blows in China this Christmas
24 December, 2009 – 5:55 PM
It has been six weeks since worshippers at Beijing’s Shouwang House Church were abruptly shunted out of their long-time home in a nondescript low-rise building. A week after their landlord succumbed to pressure from authorities and turfed them on to the street, more than 500 church members gathered outside the east gate of Haidian Park. [...]
