The long-established magazine/newspaper and website, The Melbourne Anglican (TMA), has ceased to operate. The Other Cheek understands that staff have been made redundant, and that no new stories are being added to the website, apart from some pre-written ones. “The… Continue Reading
Susan Petterson finds herself in a most unusual situation as the sister of Tony George, the headmaster of the Kings School, who has reportedly been removed from his position, and the wife of a headmaster of the Shore School, Tim Petterson, who… Continue Reading
Guy Freeman Guy and Sue Freeman have signed up to be Grey Nomads for the Bush Church Aid (BCA) society – an organisation that does what its name says, support churches in regional and remote Australia. They have stories about… Continue Reading
Barrister John Smyth, an evangelical leader in ministries to young men in public (private) schools and universities in the UK, was finally exposed as a sadomasochist abuser who beat young men until they bled, after decades of cover-up by evangelical… Continue Reading
Many Australians recall with shame the Cronulla racial riots twenty years ago this week. The Other Cheek points to two great reads, a memory from Christian Journo, Graeme Cole, and a contemporary sermon from a local minister, Richard Humphrey. Cole,… Continue Reading
Last month, Mekyal Keira was ordained as a deacon in the Diocese of the Southern Cross, and commissioned as pastor of the Kush church in Perth. The Diocese of the Southern Cross is a theologically conservative Anglican body that operates… Continue Reading
He says he’s been lobbied by supporters of seven AFL teams already. The Right Revd Dr Ric Thorpe was installed this week as the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne is going to have to choose one – but here’s the bad… Continue Reading
Jon Here from sellingjesus.org What do Sydney Anglicans think about selling ministry? And do they live up to what they say? For those who don’t know, Anglicans in Sydney are, generally speaking, reformed, evangelical, low church, and have a strong… Continue Reading
Exactly what sort of fellowship is Gafcon, the global movement of theologically conservative Anglicans? Is it complementarian? Is it just for people who have left the traditional structures of the Anglican Communion? Is it a new church bureaucracy? These and… Continue Reading
The Liberal: Jonathan Clatworthy (pictured) is an English priest who formerly headed the main advocate for liberal theology in the Church of England, “Modern Church.” A recent post, The Word of God and the proposals of humans, struck Obadiah Slope as offering an insight into the… Continue Reading