Mark Short, the Bishop of the Canberra-Goulburn diocese, is the new Primate – titular head – of the Anglican Church of Australia. He is an alumnus of Moore Theological College, and was elected as Bishop of Canberra in 2019. Prior… Continue Reading
Overshadowed by the Middle East, the 12 days war between Israel and Iran and the US devastation of nuclear sites, a peace deal offers new hope for Africa. The Peace Agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic… Continue Reading
A note to the future: Anne Weeks posted this on her facebook and asked people to share. So why not? If I get dementia, I’d like my family to hang this wish list up on the wall where I live.… Continue Reading
The widely respected indigenous leader Aunty Jean Phillips was awarded a Medal of the Ordaer of Australia (OAM) in the latest King’s birthday honours. After decades of leadership, Phillips might be most widely known across the continent due to her… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall The election of Bishop Ric Thorpe to lead Melbourne’s Anglicans as their new Archbishop marks a further advance towards an evangelical majority in the Anglican Church of Australia. This is a major transformation in a denomination that… Continue Reading
Merri Creek Anglican’s Peter Carolane on The quiet revolution that transformed Melbourne Anglicanism Something extraordinary happened over the weekend at the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne’s Archbishop’s election synod. When the votes were counted and Bishop Ric Thorpe (Pictured) from London’s… Continue Reading
A reporter on the progressive Anglican website, “Another place to party”, Deborah Bird, has been quick to point out that the election of an evangelical, Bishop Ric Thorpe, as the new Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, is likely to “likely to… Continue Reading
Bishop Ric Thorpe, the Bishop for the Islington area of London, has been elected Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne. “Thank you to everyone who joined me in praying for the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, Guy Mason, leader of the City on… Continue Reading
All four candidates at this week’s Melbourne Anglican election synod (church parliament) is an evangelical. The candidates:• Bishop Ric Thorpe, from the Diocese of London.• Rev Dr Wei-Han Kuan, Executive Director of CMS Victoria. • Ven Dr Tim Johnson –… Continue Reading
The names of the four candidates in the election for the next Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne to be voted on at an election Synod (church parliament) on May 23 and 24, have become public. The four candidates are: • Bishop… Continue Reading