New Beginnings Church in Mandurah, Western Australia, is the first church in the new Diocese of the Southern Cross, (formed as a home for conservative Anglicans) to have a woman minister. The Revd Linley MatthewsWant was licensed as pastor by… Continue Reading
My twin received an AM, becoming a Member of the Order of Australia this week. It is worth discussing why. It was on April 15, 1971, at an event denounced by the crusty conservatives of our state upper house that… Continue Reading
In a sermon for Aboriginal Sunday (a name for the Sunday before January 26), Kanishka Raffel, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, honoured the work of William Cooper, a Christian First Nations man who called the Aboriginal people to observe a… Continue Reading
Draft prayers released by the Church of England, intended to be used for blessing relationships including civilly married same-sex couple contain vows and include the use of rings, much like many marriage ceremonies. “Prayers of love and faith” redescribed as… Continue Reading
A response to the news that the Church of England bishops propose the blessing of same-sex civil marriages from Foley Beach, Chair of the Gafcon Primates Council – (Gafcon is a network of conservative Anglicans.) “I write to you with… Continue Reading
A press release by the Church of England. Bishops propose prayers of thanksgiving, dedication and for God’s blessing for same-sex couples 18/01/2023 For the first time, under historic plans outlined today, same-sex couples will be able to come to church… Continue Reading
Cairns is the location of the third local church in the new “Diocese of the Southern Cross,” formed by the conservative Anglican Network Gafcon (Global Anglican Futures Conference). Trevor Saggers, minister at Good Shepherd Church in Cairns, has left that… Continue Reading
A table of attendance figures circulating on the internet claims to show that Anglican churches in Sydney lost 10,000 regular attenders the year the Sydney Anglican diocese backed the same-sex marriage postal vote. The figures show an average Sunday attendance… Continue Reading
As Australia discusses Voice, Treaty, and Truth, the same urgent task faces each local church. A call to the local church to pursue reconciliation with local First Nations people comes in a speech Sandy Grant, Dean of Sydney’s St Andrews… Continue Reading
As the Church of England decides whether to adopt same-sex marriage rites, the Global South group of Anglican churches question whether the English church can continue to lead the Anglican Communion. “Would the Archbishop of Canterbury be able to lead… Continue Reading