Australia's church leaders have focused on hope in their annual Easter messages, speaking to the nation's faithful amid the COVID-19 outbreak and after the summer's devastating bushfires.
Australia's church leaders have focused on hope in their annual Easter messages, speaking to the nation's faithful amid the COVID-19 outbreak and after the summer's devastating bushfires.
"As we come to Easter this year, we are conscious of all those who are affected by the catastrophic and unprecedented events in Australia of bushfire, of flood and drought in so many parts of our country," Dr Palmer says."Christians believe that through his life and ministry, Jesus identifies with and comes alongside us in our suffering, and offers comfort, love and healing in all we're going through.
These issues of the day"point to the greatest issue of all time. The Son of God walked this earth, and defeated sin and death," Pastor Barnes says in a statement.
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