A short history of the NSW Baptist Social Issues Committee

An address to the Baptist Historical Society of NSW by Rev. Rod Benson, 4 November 2010. Part of the large crowd gathered to listen to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's historic apology speech to members of the Stolen Generations in Canberra, 14 February 2008. Introduction The year is 1968, the year of my birth. There are …

โ€œThe vital breath of the churchโ€: Prayer, personalism and spiritual power in the thought of G. H. Morling

Prayer, worship and intimacy with God feature strongly in George Henry Morlingโ€™s evangelical approach to spirituality. In a diary entry dated 19 August 1928, Morling famously states, โ€œThere must be a very strong stand taken for doctrinal-experimental truth.โ€[1]ย His commitment to this principle prompted him to seek a balance between what he viewed as rival extremes …