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 Global Anglican Communion is here and the traditional links to the Archbishop of Canterbury should be ignored has been interpreted 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
As a new Archbishop of Canterbury is announced, Lance Lawton asks if the job of leading the world’s Anglicans impossible. The Anglican Communion has had its internal challenges over a long time. But it’s enjoyed a particularly rocky journey (or… Continue Reading
Fifty years ago this month, South Australia became the first state in Australia to decriminalise homosexuality, beginning a process that ended in 1977 when Tasmania was forced by a pending High Court challenge to pass a law. Until 1949, the… Continue Reading
Anglicare Sydney plans to quadruple their housing stock to serve disadvantaged members of the community, increasing their holdings from 1,000 to 4,000 units within a decade. Their new Group Executive – Housing, Rob Stokes, a former Cabinet minister in the… Continue Reading
As Covid swept the world, the poorest people in the world living on the East and South of Madagascar were hit with severe drought. Anglican Aid mounted a food support project that had a surprising result. The Anglican Diocese of… Continue Reading