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Presbyterian church of Australia bans acknowledgement of country at services

Indigenous Christians criticise the decision made at denomination’s general assembly last week

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The Presbyterian church has banned congregations across Australia from conducting an acknowledgment of country at their regular services, in a decision described as “extreme” and saddening by Indigenous Christians.

The prohibition was made at the denomination’s general assembly in Sydney last week, amid a heated debate over whether the church needed to lament some aspects of colonisation.

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