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Skul bilong wok na save, na wok bilong bildim kantri long Papua Niugini Rod Benson i raitim Lae em wanpela siti em graun na ples bilong en i bin stiaim tru histori bilong en. Lae i stap long het bilong Huon Gulf, klostu long maus bilong Markham River, long hap we wanpela bikpela veli i …
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Vocational education and nation-building in Papua New Guinea By Rod Benson Lae is a city shaped by its geography. It lies at the head of the Huon Gulf, close to the mouth of the Markham River, where a broad valley opens between formidable mountain systems and the sea. Behind the coastal plain rise the Atzera …
Where did you learn to swim? For me it was an indoor swimming pool out the back of Westfield Figtree in Wollongong.ย We lived near the beach, and we spent some school holidays with cousins at Beecroft who had a pool in their back yard,ย but mastering freestyle, backstroke, and later butterfly in an environment where I …
Rev Dr Stephen Bartlett, under whose watch the Baptist denomination in NSW suffered schism over marriage equality. By Rod Benson The debate over same-sex marriage within the Baptist Association of NSW & ACT provides a revealing contemporary test of Baptist convictions concerning Scripture, conscience, congregational autonomy and associational authority. The immediate question was theological: must …
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Rev Dr Ross Clifford AM, long-serving Principal of Morling College, who led the conservative push against marriage equality among NSW Baptists. By Rod Benson Baptists cherish freedom, but no Baptist community can survive without boundaries. Churches confess beliefs, establish expectations of membership, recognise ministers and determine the purposes for which they will cooperate with other …
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