Brian Pickering
Brian grew up in Wingham, New South Wales. After school Brian started a career in banking, progressing through the ranks to become a senior executive. At about 40, Brian knew God was calling him to a ministry of intercessory prayer. He is now the National Coordinator of the Australian Prayer Network (APN), which facilitates, trains and encourages as many as 100,000 intercessors. APN has thousands of registered members, representing churches of all denominations. Brian also coordinates the National Day of Thanks.
Articles by Brian Pickering:
1 August 2024
3.6 MINS
The number of school students identifying as neither male nor female is now 20 times higher than before the pandemic. Non-binary enrolments account for barely 0.05% of the nation’s four million school students, but create a legal and ethical minefield for principals and teachers.
25 July 2024
3 MINS
Foreign students are being forced into sexual slavery as people-smugglers target tertiary education, Australia’s anti-slavery commissioner has warned. Cases of forced marriage, bonded labour, death threats and blackmail against international students have been referred to police.
23 July 2024
2.9 MINS
Multiculturalism is at a “crossroads”, with greater leadership needed to “break the cycle of hate” and “teach a new generation of Australians to rise above entrenched beliefs”, two leaders of the government’s multicultural policy review have warned.
17 July 2024
2.3 MINS
Religious leaders and the Coalition are urging Anthony Albanese to ignore a report it commissioned into reducing discrimination at faith-based schools, claiming the lead author has contradicted its findings by calling for stronger legal protections for religious institutions.
4 July 2024
1.9 MINS
For the past ten years, the Australian Prayer Network (APN) has been holding Watchmen Schools of Intercession all over the nation, with over 16,000 people having attended the Foundation Level course.
3 July 2024
2.7 MINS
The Indigenous women of Borroloola are asking the Albanese government to acknowledge their success and help other communities do as they have done for their youngest children.
21 June 2024
2 MINS
Anthony Albanese is being urged to replicate a landmark British review into interventionist medical treatments that enable young children to change gender, amid increasing concern that puberty blockers may cause serious harm.
20 June 2024
2.7 MINS
NSW Police have confirmed that a Friday sermon by Bankstown-based cleric Abu Ousayd – also known as Wissam Haddad – that promised “humiliation” and “men who love death” if Allah was attacked, did not breach state hate-speech provisions.
10 June 2024
2 MINS
One of Australia’s most senior Catholic leaders has called on the Albanese government to reject law reform proposals to remove protections for religious institutions from the Sex Discrimination Act because they are “a most serious threat to the existence” of religious schools.
31 May 2024
1.9 MINS
A Sydney council’s controversial library ban on a children’s book about same-sex parents was overturned after hours of fiery debate. Councillors voted for a motion to reinstate the book into its library collections, but to move it from the children’s section to the junior non-fiction section.
25 May 2024
3.4 MINS
Prayer is fundamental to sharing the good news. By centralising prayer, we acknowledge that only God can save lives – not us.
4 April 2024
2.3 MINS
Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital is offering ‘gender-affirming care’ for children as young as three in a move described by one Liberal Senator as ‘incredibly concerning’.
3 January 2024
4.2 MINS
Australia is facing a shortfall of 16,000 nurses and 25,000 allied health workers in the aged care sector by 2033, new research reveals, as workforce shortages force a further 16 residential aged care facilities to close.
28 December 2023
2 MINS
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is on the brink of implementing the most permissive euthanasia laws in the country, perpetuating a concerning culture of death.
31 August 2023
3.3 MINS
Intention To behold God’s glory, become like Him, and reflect His glory. Scripture “As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like Him and reflect His glory even more.” – 2 Corinthians 3:18 Reflection We talk and sing about [...]
30 August 2023
2.3 MINS
ACT Human Rights Minister Tara Cheyne said that the government was considering allowing children as young as 14 to access voluntary assisted dying.
8 August 2023
2 MINS
Climate change continues to manifest as destructive environmental events around the globe. Two years ago, a prayer movement known as Weather Watch Australia (WWA) was formed to combat extreme weather events facing Australia. WWA founder Samuel Hays said the prayer movement was inspired by the [...]
1 August 2023
3.4 MINS
Struggling Year 12 students who fail exams and assignments are still passing maths and English subjects, as state curriculum bodies push down pass marks to below 50 per cent. In results that raise questions about teaching and syllabus standards, fresh “grade boundary” data from the [...]
28 July 2023
2.1 MINS
Shocking claims have been made that “Queensland school guidance officers are secretly grooming children behind parents’ backs to change names, pronouns and gender”. Binary receives reports like this every month from parents around the nation. The Courier Mail has published the accounts of two families [...]
28 July 2023
2 MINS
By Dan Evers, Prison Chaplain In recent times, God has been sparking a work of revival within some of the inmates in maximum security at Goulburn Correctional Centre. A number of offenders have taken the initiative to gather each day to share from the Bible [...]





