17/12/2009 Have you been following the news about Uganda's Anti-homosexual Bill, currently being pushed through their parliament? If not, just Google Uganda Anti-homosexual Bill and you'll get 265,000 pages….and growing daily as the world becomes aware of this backward step in Human Rights. Background Uganda is a very Christian country. It has been described as [...]
I knew it would only be a matter of time. The message I’ve been waiting to hear from a Pentecostal pulpit in Australia happened on the weekend. Pastor Rob Buckingham from Bayside Church in Melbourne preached a message of love and acceptance for GLBT people. At the Saturday night service, the congregation gave him a [...]
How Different My Life Would Have Been If........ Presented at 'Claiming our Space – Celebrating Our Diversity' Pitt St Uniting Church, Sydney. Sunday July 13, 2008 (Eve of World Youth Day and visit of Pope Benedict XVI) 1956 Martin Place, Sydney I come from a long line of Anglo-Catholics with a great grandfather, grandfathers and uncles [...]
Presented by Anthony Venn-Brown at the final meeting of The Evangelical Network Conference, in Phoenix Arizona, 25 May 2008 Note: This article is fairly extensive (6,500 words), so I’ve listed below the various sections covered so if you don’t want to read the entire piece you can scroll down to the relevant section. Would you like [...]
Well here I am in Phoenix to speak at The Evangelical Network’s (TEN) 20th Anniversary Conference. The day I arrived it was a record breaking 110 degrees F. Today it’s raining and it’s been snowing in some parts for Phoenix. If you know anything about the desert climate in Arizona, this is most unusual. Maybe [...]
In an Australian first, SameSame.com.au announced the 25 Most Influential Gay & Lesbian Australians at an event held at the Art Gallery of NSW. What have been nicknamed 'the Gaylies' by the mainstream media, the list comprised the likes of pop singer Darren Hayes, one of the greatest sportswomen that Australia has produced Hockeyroo Alyson [...]
Around the World in 18 Days.......or how to give yourself a severe case of jetlag Irvine CA for the first Ex-gay Survivors Conference for 4 days. Long Beach CA for 2 days to meet with people I connected with on the internet back in 1998 and also spend time with Ps Sandy Turnbull and her [...]
Media Release 22 August 2006 The religious landscape is changing. Thirty years ago, many Baptists saw Pentecostals as demon possessed and Pentecostals believed Baptists lacked the power of the Holy Spirit. Even though there is a more ecumenical spirit these days, when we hear that a gay Pentecostal has been asked to speak at a [...]
Jul 6, 2006 Whether you accept Kinsey’s figure of 10% or the more conservative estimates of 3-5% of the population, it still means that there are 100’s of gays and lesbians who are a part of the 35,000 strong Hillsong 20th Anniversary Conference at the Acer Stadium in Sydney this week. “There was a time when this [...]