2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (984+ words) When I first met my (Filippino) wife, I was surprised to discover she was Conservative Evangelical rather than Roman Catholic, the former a tiny minority in the “Land of a Thousand Islands” (actually 7641 islands). Biblical Christianity has only been in…...

9+ hour, 29+ min ago   (194+ words) Brisbane Archbishop apologises for Stan porn star video The Other Cheek A letter from Archbishop Jeremy Greaves to his clergy: ANGLICAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA Pitched as a documentary program that would explore faith, intention, and life’s complexities, through the experience…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1057+ words) In a world where sloganeering replaces argument, a serious critique of the diocese one attends as a Sydney Anglican is welcome, despite – actually, because – it questions a deeply embedded practice. Rethinking Complementarianism: Sydney Anglicans, Orthodoxy and Gendered Inequality by Rosie…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (305+ words) A bill proposing to allow emergency changes for the administration of a diocese was withdrawn. It was not getting the sort of support required – a 75 per cent vote in the houses of clergy, laity and bishops – to pass as a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (274+ words) “We all need to own it. Having a National Aboriginal Bishop is wonderful for all of us,” Newcastle’s Aunty Dr Di Rayson told the General Synod. The General Synod has agreed to fund incoming First Nations Bishops. Bishop Chris McLeod…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (280+ words) As previously reported, the North Queensland Diocese is in receivership due to sexual abuse claims through the redress scheme. DFATF reports that “In a number of dioceses the cost of settling known claims has been significant; and there remains considerable…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (493+ words) Not every Bible passage is clear, and one that has perplexed many is the subject of a recovered sermon from St Augustine of Hippo, recently identified after lying in the diocesan library of Pelpin, in Pomerania, Poland. A researcher examining…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1326+ words) “Our God is a consuming fire.” We live 5 minutes from the Sydney suburb of Oatlands. Oatlands couple Danny and Leila Abdallah made headlines globally for their public forgiveness towards the driver who struck and killed three of their children and…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (776+ words) Anglicans around the world are sometimes surprisingly English. They exhibit real skill in not saying ‘no’ outright, but are good at burying or smoothing over rejection of an awkward proposal, smothering things in politeness. There have been two excellent specimens…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (337+ words) An Obadiah Slope Column As far as Obadiah is aware, not one of Australia’s synods/assemblies/conventions goes that far. And Obadiah remembers trying to work out which bishop voted which way in the controveraial same sex marriage vote at…...