Right Rev Mark Powell
Mark is the pastor at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, Hobart. Previously, he was associate pastor at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church, a multi-site church in Strathfield, NSW. He and his wife have six children.
Mark is a passionate advocate for faith, family, freedom and life. He is a gifted communicator and has made various appearances on radio and TV. Mark is unafraid to graciously speak the truth about contentious issues. He contributes to numerous online publications including The Spectator Australia, where his articles often appear in the most popular list.
Articles by Right Rev Mark Powell:
24 April 2020
2 MINS
I don’t know when it happened precisely, but Mark Latham has become one of the champions of religious freedom in the state of New South Wales. It’s strange, because by his own admission he doesn’t even consider himself ‘religious’. However, the NSW One Nation leader [...]
23 April 2020
1.8 MINS
I woke up this morning to one of the strangest tweets ever. It was from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus who tweeted: I have two main questions: Firstly, to instruct people to forgive implies that there must have been wrong-doing. If so, what is it that they’ve [...]
20 April 2020
5.5 MINS
There’s a scene in the HBO mini-series, Chernobyl, that bears an uncanny similarity to the current Communist cover-up involving COVID-19. The context is just after the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl on Saturday 26, April 1986 and the local apparatchiks who are trying to mitigate the [...]
17 April 2020
4.2 MINS
If COVID-19 has taught us anything in 2020, it’s that we have to address the two-hundred-pound gorilla (er panda) in the room. Namely, that the CCP is an expansionist regime which is totalitarian, corrupt and never to be trusted by the international community. This is [...]
16 April 2020
2.4 MINS
One of the most significant revelations to arise out of COVID-19 is the World Health Organisation’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. In a stunning Facebook post, Martyn Iles, the director of the Australian Christian Lobby, has written: WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had [...]
15 April 2020
2 MINS
In breaking news, Trump is halting America’s funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The Daily Wire states that the U.S. President is reported as saying: Today I’m instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization while a review is conducted to [...]
10 April 2020
3.1 MINS
The recent High Court decision which unanimously (7-0) upheld the appeal of George Pell against the Victorian Court of Appeal’s decision proves—once-and-for-all-time—that the Catholic Cardinal is innocent. But that hasn’t stopped sections of the media from continuing to reaffirm Pell’s guilt. Without doubt, the most [...]
8 April 2020
1.4 MINS
The ABC’s reporting of the media witch-hunt centring upon the Roman Catholic Cardinal George Pell, proves that our nation’s national broadcaster is anything but impartial. Just watch the following interview between Greg Craven, the Vice-Chancellor and President of the Australian Catholic University, and ABC presenter [...]
7 April 2020
2.9 MINS
The recent High Court decision which unanimously—seven to zero—upheld the appeal of Cardinal George Pell against the Victorian Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the original trial verdict of child sexual abuse, is to be welcomed. The High Court has held that the conviction did [...]
7 April 2020
5.6 MINS
The situation in Spain due to COVID-19 is dire. But what is particularly horrifying, is how many of the nation’s elderly are being neglected during this time. BioEdge reports that: Not all of the human drama in the Covid-19 pandemic is cheeriness under pressure, heroic [...]
6 April 2020
3.3 MINS
During the current pandemic, something of a spiritual revival is occurring, which the mainstream is starting to acknowledge. And that is, a significant number of people are turning to God in prayer. The Wall Street Journal is even calling this "A Coronavirus Great Awakening?" According [...]
4 April 2020
1.3 MINS
In the midst of social lockdown, I have started to take stock of just how fortunate I am to live in a country like Australia. After all, as a nation we’ve... Had twenty-eight years of uninterrupted economic growth. A government that is so generous with [...]
1 April 2020
2.5 MINS
Apparently, the current coronavirus pandemic is not linked to the exotic eating habits of the Chinese, but instead is due to “the climate change crisis”. Vijay Kolinjivadi, from Al Jazeera, argues that the common roots of COVID-19 and climate change are evidenced in two ways: [...]
31 March 2020
2.4 MINS
The world needs to remember the Christian faith and remarkable courage of Dr. Li Wen Liang, who worked at Wuhan Central Hospital and was one of the chief whistle blowers regarding COVID-19. Dr Wen Liang himself died of the virus. He was only thirty-four. Australia’s [...]
28 March 2020
2.1 MINS
The health situation in Italy is dire. Tragically, over 8,000 people have died, and around 80,000 people have caught COVID-19, giving it the second highest number of cases outside of China. The question is, what caused this to be the case? Back in February, Dr [...]
26 March 2020
5.5 MINS
The current crisis involving COVID-19 is causing massive changes around the world. Tragically, thousands of people have already lost their lives, and increasingly many more their livelihoods. Life as we know it will never really be the same. As the Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison [...]
25 March 2020
4.4 MINS
If COVID-19 has taught us anything it’s that the Chinese government cannot be trusted. Please note that I said government and not people. My statement is not motivated by some kind of latent anti-Asian racism. Instead, my aim is directly targeted against the Chinese Communist [...]
20 March 2020
3.2 MINS
These are turbulent and tumultuous times. According to Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister, not since the First World War has the government enacted such far-reaching political measures. Of particular importance to churches, all “non-essential” indoor gatherings of more than one hundred people will no [...]
20 March 2020
2.2 MINS
In all the media turmoil surrounding COVID-19, you may have missed the passing of Dr. Catherine Hamlin, aged ninety-six. Dr. Hamlin’s gynaecological work in treating Ethiopian women suffering from obstetric fistula was so remarkable that even The Sydney Morning Herald referred to her as “the [...]
13 March 2020
3.1 MINS
As I write this article, I am about to board an almost deserted plane from Northern Thailand bound for Bangkok and then hopefully, later this evening, on to Sydney. There is, however, a palpable sense of uneasiness—and even dread—amongst the passengers. Nearly everyone is wearing [...]





