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
Despite their General Synod (Church parliament) voting against Women’s Ordination five times, the Lutheran Church of Australia and New Zealand is working on a proposal that could mean they become one church with two ordination practices in 2024 to 2027.… Continue Reading
One of Sydney Anglicanism’s most remarkable women leaders is getting a book written about her – that’s the likely outcome of a symposium on Margaret Rodgers, lecturer and encourager of women in ministry, ecumenical leader and master of media. She… Continue Reading
A proposal to limit the office of elder in the Presbyterian Church in NSW to men only will be presented to their Assembly (church parliament next year). There are a shrinking number of female elders in the state, with about… Continue Reading