Adelaide’s Anglicans deserve credit for openly reporting their stats, but sympathy for what they show. A reader pointed out to The Other Cheek that the attendance stats for each region of the diocese are included in the synod (church parliament)… Continue Reading
When a new church movement obtains property is a significant moment. It signals that in all likelihood a new movement is here to stay. That signal has been sent in the purchase of a former funeral home by the Adelaide’s… Continue Reading
New attendance stats released by the Church of England are in marked contrast to the Bible Society’s report of a quiet revival in the UK. The Bible Society “Quiet Revival” report claimed that “Church attendance has risen by 50 per… Continue Reading
The board of Gafcon Australia, the local branch of the conservative network for conservative Anglicans has issued a statement on Reformation Day, October 31, in the wake of the Gafcon Primates (national leaders) declaring the Global Anglican Communion as a… Continue Reading
Am I still Anglican? Ridley Melbourne’s Michael Bird asks in the wake of the Gafcon announcement of the Global Anglican Communion – a reset of the links between natiuonal Anglican churches. “Am I still Anglican? “Because, according to GAFCON, you cannot be Anglican and be… Continue Reading
Lance Lawton sees very different Anglican groups sharing one brand. It’s been argued in parts 1 & 2 that the Anglican Communion (AC) is not fit for purpose in the twenty-first century. The present protracted upheavals over radically differing views and practices regarding sexuality… Continue Reading
The conservative Anglican network Gafcon’s announcement last week that the Gobal Anglican Communion is here and the traditional links to the Archbishop of Canterbury should be ignored has been interprested in different ways. So who is right? Have Gafcon left… Continue Reading
A communique from Gafcon, the conservative Global Anglican Futures network, which speaks for the overwheming majority of Anglicans as measured by church attendance, makes the strong claim that the future of Anglicanism has arrived. The communique declares that the old… Continue Reading
Lance Lawton asks Is it time to disinvent global Anglicanism? The international body known as the Anglican Communion (AC) was created by the first Lambeth Conference of Bishops in 1867. In round figures that makes it 150 years old. As such it is a… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall Many years ago, my family and I had 15 weeks of long service leave, and Rev Dr Richard “Gibbo” Gibson, who had taught me at Moore Theological College, locumed for me at Artarmon Community Church. The congregation adored… Continue Reading