The strange patchwork that makes up the Anglican Church of Australia was analysed by Jeremy Greaves, the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, in his Presidential Address this week. (In Anglican synods (church parliaments), the Presidential Address is a chance for the… Continue Reading
Decades later, I still mourn the kids i was in Sunday school with, who faded out from church when they started high school or a little later. i still remember names and faces. Attending a Youthworks College “Theology thinktank” this… Continue Reading
Court documents lodged by the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland’s recievers, SV partners, in the Queensland Supreme Court, seek authority to sell twenty-two churches, plus one instance of vacant land. The church sales have been triggered by a large redress… Continue Reading
Melbourne’s Anglican Archbishop Ric Thorpe challenged his flock to grow thousands of leaders to grow the church in an address at Ridley College this month. The Archbishop’s 2026 Anglican Institute Lecture on Discernment and Partnerships: Renewal for the Diocese of Melbourne highlighted… Continue Reading
Realcommercial.com.au has described as a ‘vast portfolio’ a list of properties the North Queensland Anglican Diocese is selling to fund payments to survivors of abuse under the Federal redress scheme and to resize the church’s footprint. “Colliers Townsville is handling… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Good job: A headline, “Bishops welcome minimum wage increase,” is on the Catholic Weekly site. Would one find it on an Anglican site? If not, why not, Obadiah asks. The Catholic Weekly story reveals that, acting… Continue Reading
From the Moore College Site After Chapel this morning, the Principal, Dr Mark Thompson, made the following announcement: “After discussions with the Archbishop and the Governing Board, we have decided that 2027 will be the last year that I serve… Continue Reading
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK · 27/5 – 3/6 2026 · “ALL IN” Written by Larissa Minniecon, ABM Truth-telling and Reconciliation Missioner After 29 years of asking, a First Nations Anglican voice calls the church to step off the sidelines and finally… Continue Reading
A letter from Tasmania’s Anglican Bishop, Richard Condie Dear Brothers and Sisters, As many of you will know, over the past couple of decades we have been dealing with the sins of historic child sexual abuse that were committed in… Continue Reading
For 25 years, Peter Hollingworth, who died this week aged 91, combated poverty working with the Brotherhood of St Laurence in Melbourne, rising to lead the agency. When he became Australian of the Year in 1991, he was hailed as… Continue Reading