Many Aussie Anglicans observed Domestic Violence Sunday in May, the Sydney variety is observing it at the end of November. Whatever your branch of Christianity, here are some prayers that might help you pray about this very important topic. One… Continue Reading
“The modern push for women’s ordination did not emerge from careful biblical exegesis or development of doctrine within the Christian Tradition. Rather, it emerged from second-wave feminism, which itself borrowed heavily from Marxist ideology.” That’s a quote from a writer, Venerable… Continue Reading
“I’ve got a million stories where I’ve just cried in my walk-in robe [It’s] because I’m not allowed to preach … it hurts. I’ve had that pain, but I’m not walking away from my [church].” This quote heads a paper featuring women… Continue Reading
There are a lot more churches led by men than by women in Australia – a statement of the obvious. But the minority of churches that hold to a male-only leadership model are too small to be responsible for the… Continue Reading
This is a prayer from Archbishop KanishkaRaffel for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – Monday 25th November 2024 Loving God, creator and sustainer of all, you created humankind in your image, female and male you created… Continue Reading
Here are two recent comments from Aussie Presbyterians – from a church which has only male ministers, and in VIctoria and Queensland, only male elders. A move to have only male members in NSW is in limbo as their Assembly… Continue Reading
Pentecostalism, now the second-largest Christian movement by attendance in Australia, owes its birth to women ministers. Barry Chant, a great historian of Australian Pentecostalism, points out one great distinctive in his Phd thesis: “Of the eighteen Pentecostal churches founded in… Continue Reading
OPINION Paul Clark The recent decision of the Lutheran Church to ordain women has sparked familiar debates. Too often discussions quibble over a few isolated verses, losing sight of the larger, transformative narrative woven throughout Scripture—a story that charts the… Continue Reading
Days after the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand decided to have women pastors, their Brisbane Bishop has declared that preaching the churche’s doctrine of a week ago is banned. Pastors are permitted to hold a personal belief that… Continue Reading
A “way forward framework” for the Lutheran Church in Australia New Zealand (LCANZ) to “operate as on”to operate as one church with two different practices of ordination” has been proposed as a response to a decades-long debate over Women’s Ordination.… Continue Reading