An Obadiah Slope column Diary Note: The year 2030 will mark 2,000 years since the traditional date of Jesus’ baptism by John the Baptist, which took place in what is now Al-Maghtas, Jordan. And Jordan has started preparations for with… Continue Reading
One complaint from the progressive wing of the Anglican Church is that the Diocese of Sydney has inflated its delegate numbers on the General Synod (national church parliament), manipulating the system. The system allocates delegates based on the number of… Continue Reading
The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, has identified defending religious freedom as a “strategic priority” as this month’s Sydney Synod meets to discuss its funding priorities for the next three years. “Religious freedom is under increasing threat in Australia… Continue Reading
“We praise God that after a significant decline before and during the COVID period, the Diocese has now surpassed its pre-COVID attendance levels,” the Sydney Anglican Diocese’s Standing Committee reports in the 2026 Synod papers. The report notes, “This is based… Continue Reading
Anglicans are a bookish crowd, and proof that it is not just evangelicals who will persist in seeing the printing press as a preferred form of communication was evident when the launch of A True and Lively Faith attracted an overflow crowd… Continue Reading
Channel 7 reports: “The Anglican Church has demanded footage filmed inside Brisbane’s St John’s Cathedral be removed from a Stan reality series staying producers misled the Dean about the nature of the program. “The Diocese says the production was presented to Dean Dr… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Peter Catt was pleasantly surprised at General Synod: The Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt, Dean of St Johns Cathedral in Brisbane has found himself writing approvingly of the atmosphere of the Anglican national church parliament –… Continue Reading
At the end of a very bad week of alleged sexual asaults by school students and Swans players there’s been some insightful commentary from Christian ministers. Here’s three, a Baptist, a Uniting and an Anglican with good points to make.… Continue Reading
A letter from Archbishop Jeremy Greaves to his clergy: ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIAThe Archbishop of BrisbaneThe Most Reverend Jeremy Greaves KCSJ 20 August 2026Ad Clerum re Use of Cathedral in STAN reality TV show Dear sisters and brothers, On behalf… Continue Reading
In a world where sloganeering replaces argument, a serious critique of the diocese one attends as a Sydney Anglican is welcome, despite – actually, because – it questions a deeply embedded practice. Rethinking Complementarianism: Sydney Anglicans, Orthodoxy and Gendered Inequality by… Continue Reading