Baptists welcome budget commitment to chaplaincy

Australian Baptist Ministries welcomes the Abbott Government’s delivery on its election promise to strengthen support for school chaplaincy by allocating $245 million to chaplaincy programs in about 2900 schools over the next four years. Former Prime Minister John...

Baptists deplore foreign aid cuts to federal budget

Baptist leaders have expressed grave concern at the Abbott Government’s decision to cut Australia’s foreign aid spending by $7.6 billion in the five years to 2017-18. “In his budget speech, Mr Hockey said the government’s economic action plan entailed spending...