Previously unpublished data reveal a pattern behind the gentle decline (more rapid descent of you count Covid years) in attendance in the Sydney Anglican diocese. Fewer newcomers in church and an aging cohort of church attendees were revealed in stats… Continue Reading
One of Sydney Anglicanism’s most remarkable women leaders is getting a book written about her – that’s the likely outcome of a symposium on Margaret Rodgers, lecturer and encourager of women in ministry, ecumenical leader and master of media. She… Continue Reading
“It’s happening a lot. It’s happening way too often,” says Michael Doyle, a Sydney Anglican minister, when asked about staff relationships breaking down at churches and unloving responses by senior ministers. Doyle is speaking as chair of Uphold, a ministry… Continue Reading
Scenes from the Sydney Synod Quiet: The 800-strong Sydney Anglican Synod (church parliament) fell so silent you could hear a pin drop when Darlinghurst Minister Matthew Wilcoxen spoke. He told the story of fostering for the first time – receiving… Continue Reading
Requiring board members of schools and other organisations to sign statements of faith with contentious clauses – such as on marriage – will be a thing of the past for Sydney Anglicans if a new governance policy is adopted. The… Continue Reading
Mangrove Mountain, a small community in the NSW Central Coast hinterland, still has a church thanks to a bunch of Christians and atheists who banded together to save the “little white church at Mangrove Mountain.” Their Union church has been… Continue Reading
In a quiet corner away from the hall where the Sydney Anglican Synod is taking place, a sheet of paper attached to the noticeboard contained disturbing news. A gentle decline in attendance figures is shown in a table compiled in… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column Archbishop Kanishka Raffel asked three indigenous leaders, Larissa Minniecon, a Synod member from St John’s Glebe; Naville Naden, Indigenous Ministry Officer of Bush Church Aid; and Michael Duckett, pastor of Macarthur Anglican Church, to address the… Continue Reading
After an opening hymn, Praise my Soul the King of Heaven, Michael Duckett, pastor of Macarthur Indigenous Church, led the Sydney Anglican Synod Opening Service in the Cathedral with a Prayer of Acknowledgement. “Our Lord and loving heavenly Father, we… Continue Reading
Opinion: On The Other Cheek, we welcome “the other twin,” Peter Sandeman writing on the Voice. He is Canon for Social Justice in the diocese of Adelaide. Now that the referendum is approaching and the contending arguments have been coloured… Continue Reading