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The Rev'd Dr Lucy Morris reflects on the troubling response to affirmation of the 30th Anniversary of the Ordination of Women at General Synod 18. The treatment of women in Australia and in parts of the Anglican Church continues to surprise and astonish all who watch the institutional
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The Rev’d Canon Peter Sandeman, Canon for Social Justice and Advocacy, Adj Professor UniSA Business on developments at Murray Synod. Following the presidential address by Bishop Keith I was able to successfully move the following motion at he recent session of The Murray Synod: “That the Legislation Review Committee
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Richard Connelly of Gippsland advocates for the wisdom of what lives and brings joy. Mr President, I rise to speak against Statement 1 I fear that the desire to impose a firm certainty around one interpretation of Matthew 19:4 removes the capacity for us as faithful individuals to flourish
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"Now this issue has been spoken about formally within the law-making place of the Anglican Church of Australia and supported so clearly by so many with so much love and compassion, and all-encompassing inclusiveness, this will not go away. " The Rev'd Dr Lucy Morris
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The Rev'd Suzanne Grimmett reflects marriage, celibacy and how we measure goodness. Jesus has an uncomfortable habit of raising the bar on goodness and integrity. He had a lot to say about the misuse of power and about people who hold to religious rules while placing burdens upon
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Statement on Synod by Matthew Anstey General Synod 18 was a watershed moment in the life of the Anglican Church of Australia. Several things are particularly significant regarding the debates on human sexuality: • 40% of GS members voted in favour of affirming that same-sex marriage is “a moral good,
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In support of the 'Safe Church' motion of apology, Bishop Kate Prowd said this: I speak to you today as a bishop, a clinical psychologist, a mother, a sibling, and a friend. I welcome the spirit of the Sydney apology motion, because it – and I quote “deplores…and
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To save you the bother (and the trauma) of reading “that” other blog we are re-posting that blog’s “General Synod wrap-up” and in the spirit of Christopher Pyne, we’ve fixed it. See! There are some things we can agree on after all. GENERAL SYNOD WRAP-UP
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In his speech to the motion to celebrate of the 30th Anniversary of Women as Priests, Bishop Keith Joseph made these remarks: Archbishop, members of Synod. Most of you remember the time when the Priesthood was entirely male. I certainly remember the argumentation through the 1980s, and the insistence that
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Below is text of the motion "The Affirmation of Same-Sex Marriage” and the accompanying speeches presented yesterday at General Synod. The motion was lost 145 to 95. That is, a whopping 40% of Anglicans at our General Synod voted in favour of same-sex marriage. In the context
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In proposing an amendment to Statement 1, Bishop Jonathan Holland argued that Same Sex Marriage is entirely consistent with the teachings of Jesus. There are two ways of approaching the teaching of Jesus on same sex marriage. One way is to start with those passages in which Jesus says something
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On Tuesday, Archbishop of Sydney Kanishka Raffel moved a statement that named marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one women. The statement said “any rite or ceremony that purports to bless a same-sex marriage is not in accordance with the teaching of Christ”. Bishop Jeremy Greaves