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UK Churches Awarded Science Grants Reported by Vision News Team | vision.org.au Monday, July 19th, 2021 Churches in England and Wales have been awarded 400,000 pounds in funding to delve into the relationship between science and faith. 22 churches have received a grant of up to 20,000 pounds each to spend over the next 18 months. The churches will host a range of outreach activities, building on the expertise of scientists within their congregations. They will focus on topics ranging from mental health to climate issues, with the aim of showing how engaging with science can lead to a deeper e...

Distributed throughout the landscape, the archaeology of First Nations Australia is everywhere. Stone artefacts are not rare, but ubiquitous, common, and yet each is unique; as individual as the hands that made and used them. While the dictum of Terra Nullius was overturned by the High Court with the Mabo decision of 1992, the idea of the ‘emptiness’ of Australia largely retains its power in the imaginative consciousness of white Australia. The livelihood of its original inhabitants has historically been seen as marginal and precarious, and the population thought of as thinly spread there...

Christian Lawyer Honoured for Reporting on COVID-19 Outbreak Reported by Vision news team | vision.org.au Saturday, June 5th, 2021 A Christian lawyer who reported the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak has been honoured for her work. China Aid has announced Zhang Zhan as the recipient of its 2020 Freedom Award, on the one-year anniversary of her arrest for reporting on the outbreak. China Aid says Ms Zhang travelled to the centre of the outbreak in Wuhan to investigate the circumstances and record her findings on video. This included a focus on the Wuhan Institute of Virology. China Aid says Chin...

Israeli Archaeologist Eilat Mazar Dies Aged 64 Reported by Naomi Milham | vision.org.au Friday, June 4th, 2021 One of Israel’s foremost archaeologists has died at the aged of 64. The Christian Post reports, Eilat Mazar’s discoveries include some of the earliest known artifacts in Jerusalem, dating as far back as the 12th and 11th centuries before Christ. She also discovered the remains of King David’s palace in the City of David precinct. Other excavations by Mazar uncovered sections of King Solomon’s walls, plus clay seals belonging to King Hezekiah and possibly the prophet Isaiah. M...

Mission Australia Warns of an Increase in Homelessness Reported by Naomi Milham | vision.org.au Thursday, May 20th, 2021 A Christian ministry is warning of a perfect storm that could see a dramatic increase in homelessness among those aged over 55. Chief Executive of Mission Australia, James Toomey says, Australia’s ageing population is expected to double between 2010 and 2050. Eternity News reports, at the same time, there’s a severe shortage of social and affordable housing, growing levels of housing stress and the effects of the pandemic. Mt Toomey says, the situation has created a per...