The other cheek has transcribed some key speeches from the Church of England synod (church parliament)t debate on same sex blessings. This is part two. part one is here. The Synod passed a motion supporting the prayers for same-sex and… Continue Reading
The other cheek has transcribed some key speeches from the Church of England synod (church parliament)t debate on same sex blessings. We’ll Add a part two shortly. the Synod passed a motion supporting the prayers for same-sex and other couples… Continue Reading
The General Synod (church parliament) of the church of Synod has passed a motion supporting the bishops’ proposals for prayers of blessing for same-sex couples. The proposals fall short of same-sex marriage but contain prayers that bless relationships outside of… Continue Reading
The Presbyterians in NSW have sold their aged care facilities to the Sydney Anglicare. This sale occurred in the wake of the Queensland Presbyterian Church being placed into receivership after that state’s Prescare aged care service plunged the church into… Continue Reading
An evangelical minister has replaced the rector (senior minister) of a Brisbane Anglican church who left for the breakaway Diocese of the Southern Cross, d formed by the conservative Gafcon network. In September last year Peter Judge-Mears left his post… Continue Reading
The lawyers and bishops can’t get their story straight. There is a subtle but important difference between what the Church of England’s bishops and their lawyers are saying about the church’s move towards the blessing of same-sex civil marriages. Is… Continue Reading
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