An Auckland church’s billboard about Donald Trump was stolen while the church’s minister was conducting a funeral service. The billboard was put up for Lent several weeks ago outside St Luke’s Presbyterian Church in Remuera. The sign depicted US presidential candidate Donald Trump standing in front of the crucified Jesus, holding a hammer and saying, Read more
Auckland’s St Matthews in the City is not the only Church whose Billboard that causes controversy A witty, provocative billboard from an Ontario Anglican church went viral last tweek after being posted on Reddit. Toby Manhire, in his column in the New Zealand Listener, though that this is as good an occasion as any to collect the Read more
A young monastic order of nuns in the United States has for the second time released an album that has debuted in the top position on Billboard magazine’s classical traditional music chart. “This is an unprecedented accomplishment for … a group of contemplative nuns, this devoted, hidden prayerful group who do not tour and remain Read more
A provocative Auckland church known for stirring up debate has unveiled its new billboard in the lead-up to Easter.
The billboard erected at the front of St Matthews in the City today depicts a Facebook photo album with Jesus on the cross as the main image. Directly below, the image is “liked” by Judas Iscariot.
“We decided to make a joke about the propensity of Christians to lay blame,” said Reverend Glynn Cardy.
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St Matthew in the City is in illustrious company. Each time its priests Glynn Cardy and Clay Nelson commission a billboard they join a long line of popes and cardinals that have used provocative art to shift our thinking. Using images to shift established thought patterns is always a fragile endeavour as no-one, not even a powerful Read more