In preparation for this series we researched what blocks people from Christian faith and the Church. One of the issues that came to the top all the time was the issue of abuse, especially the abuse of children within the Church. There is abuse in all sorts of organisations across the world but it’s more difficult for the Church for two reasons. Firstly, there’s the abuse of trust. Pastors, priests and church leaders have been trusted by the community and by families, and Churches are seen to abuse that trust. But secondly, there’s the issue of the teaching of morality and ethics within the Church. The Church is well known for what it teaches about morality and ethics and how we should live. In this area it seems that the Church doesn’t hold to its own moral teachings. It’s seen as being hypocritical. So what is the future of the church? How is the church responding to this problem? Can church leaders and churches be trusted in the future?
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Themes: Historical, Gospels, Jesus, Testimonies
Produced by Olive Tree Media
When Richard Dawkins appeared on an Australian television show called Q&A, he was asked, ‘Why are you so negative about religion and belief? Why can’t science and faith co-exist as it were?’ Dawkins response was clear, simple and direct, ‘Because it’s not true’. For Richard Dawkins, there’s nothi...
The 1966 Sexual Revolution caused a major shift in what Western nations see as moral behaviour. One of the areas of shift was in the area of homosexuality. In fact it wasn’t that long ago in a nation like Australia where homosexual acts between consenting adults was in fact illegal. Now it’s view...
In the United Kingdom in the 19th century it’s said that church attendance was about 50%. By the 1970s that dropped to 12% and right now it’s down to about 6.3%. In Australia in the 60 years since 1950, regular church attendance has fallen from 44% down to about 8%. In the United States of Americ...
