NSW Presbyterians will consider two proposals to give women a voice on church committees, following on from their General Assembly (state church parliament) vote to no longer ordain women elders. Formal membership of three levels of committees or “church courts”… Continue Reading
The Presbyterian Church of Australia in NSW (PCNSW) General Assembly voted in favour of an overture (motion) that women can not be elders, today. The vote passed 136 to 61. The meeting took place at PLC Sydney in Croydon. Technically,… Continue Reading
Allan Starr reports on a survey of NSW Presbyterians For over twenty years, some within the Presbyterian church in NSW/ACT have been actively seeking to move to male-only eldership. I myself recently attended a Presbyterian church in NSW for some… Continue Reading
A controversy rippling through what some commentators call the “reformed Internet” pits Presbyterians in the US PCA against each other. The Presbyterian Church IN America is somewhat similar to the Presbyterian Church OF Australia, with both holding to the Westminster… Continue Reading
Kamal Weerakoon was the Presbyterian rep at several official events following the Bondi massacre. Here’s how he described what he learned for the NSW Presbyterians’ Gospel Society and Culture committee. On Sunday 14 Dec 2025, two gunmen motivated by militant… Continue Reading
The Presbyterian Church of Queensland (PCQ) is liable for tens of millions in debt incurred by Prescare, its former aged care operator. This is the latest result in continuing litigation that has already placed the church denomination in receivership, and… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope column ### Funny bun: Archbishop Jeremy of Brisbane commits pun-ishment… and Obadiah notes the names of two other Bishops at least gave him a like. Giggling, no doubt! Tradition for sale: Spotted in the “preloved uniform shop… Continue Reading
An Obadiah Slope Column Drawing to a close: Can you change the world with paper and pencil? The answer is yes if you consider the work of the visionary architect Léon Krier who died this month. He hardly built a… Continue Reading
Surprise! Catholics are more Catholic than before: A closet (but not a wardrobe) is somewhere the gay community once hid. And one of those closets historically has housed priests in the Catholic Church. A prescient piece in ARCmag.org, published by… Continue Reading
St Kilda’s landmark St Andrews Presbyterian Church, a huge building, has just gone on the market. On the brow of a hill, it is one of the Melbourne suburb’s main features. “At the corner of Alma and Barkly Streets, the… Continue Reading