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The Anglican Church of Australia has elected Bishop Mark Short as its new Primate, following a meeting of the Board of Electors earlier today at St Andrew’s House, Sydney. Bishop Short, currently Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn, will succeed Archbishop Geoffrey Smith, who earlier this year announced he would
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Following lay conference, Synod moved quickly through many items of formal business, with significant motions intended to enable real ministry responses across equitable access, veterans' care, creative outreach, and gender justice. MOTIONS TAKEN FORMALLY Motion 14: Extending Safe Ministry That Synod notes the report on ‘Extending safe ministry to
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The great Walter Brueggemann who died last month, wrote that, “Sunday morning is the practice of a counter life through counter speech. The church on Sunday morning or wherever it engages in its odd speech, may be the last place left in our society for imaginative speech that permits people to enter
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Do you turn to Christ? Do you repent of your sins? Do you reject selfish living and all that is false and unjust? Will you by God's grace strive to live as a disciple of Christ? These are not questions for ceremony alone. They are invitations to live with intention and with integrity. invitations to
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The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne has elected Bishop Ric Thorpe as its next Archbishop, an appointment likely to tip the balance in the house of bishops of the National Church. Thorpe, aged 60, has served since 2015 as the Bishop of Islington, a role focused exclusively on church planting in
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A cluster of feast days that honour extraordinary women of scripture, tradition, and contemporary witness has been the inspiration for "Season of Holy Women," a liturgical initiative of Society of the Sacred Advent, curated by Faltonia’s Circle and endorsed by Archbishop Jeremy Greaves for use in the
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A new discussion resource, Aboriginal Spirituality & Culture: A Conversation with Revd Dr Garry Worete Deverell, offers a thoughtful entry point for parishes, study groups, and individuals ready to explore their understanding of Aboriginal perspective and experience. Garry, a Trawloolway man and Anglican theologian, succinctly describes Aboriginal understandings of Country,
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Archbishop Geoff will lay up the Pastoral Staff on November 1 with the Board of Electors expected to meet this July to choose his successor.
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"The Anstey Psalter is to be a contemporary liturgical translation of the entire book of Psalms, for public worship and private devotion for Australian Anglicans, combining the latest scholarship with close attention to poetics and musicality."
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In offering the Anglican Church Southern Queensland Apology to LGBTQIA+ people at Pride Evensong 2024, the following prayers were offered. Trusting in the one who names us, claims us, and calls us beloved, we pray for the church and all God’s wonderfully made children. Holy God, you made us
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Over the course of its history the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn has been at the forefront of the extension of women’s ministry to the three orders of ordained ministry.. However, not all is as it should be or might have been expected. This report examines why levels of leadership among
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"For those of same sex attraction in Uganda there is no sanctuary left to be found, there is no place to have an honest conversation, there is no capacity for them to be themselves before God, not even in the church of God."