It’s Not Over – Evangelicals, Abuse and a Call for a Gospel-shaped Repentance
Steve/Selina McMahon – A New Transgender Minister for the Diocese of Brisbane
GAFCON Issues “Commitment 2020” including contingency for “Extra-Provincial Diocese for Australia”
BREAKING: Appellate Tribunal Issues Majority Opinion Backing Same-Sex Blessing Liturgy
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It’s Not Over – Evangelicals, Abuse and a Call for a Gospel-shaped Repentance
What a year 2020 has been. What seemed like a localised event far far away has spread to affect so many of us. If it’s not hit your church community yet, it can only be a matter of time. I wish I was talking about covid. But the reality is that there’s been another contagion […]
Steve/Selina McMahon – A New Transgender Minister for the Diocese of Brisbane
Over the past few weeks davidould.net has received lots of correspondence about the latest transgender priest to “come out” in the Diocese of Brisbane. We’ve held off while the Appellate Tribunal story ran, we gathered some more information and in anticipation of a story that was published in the Australian this weekend. On 22 November […]
GAFCON Issues “Commitment 2020” including contingency for “Extra-Provincial Diocese for Australia”
In a significant response to the Appellate Tribunal opinion of last month, GAFCON Australia have this afternoon issued their “Commitment 2020“. The Commitment, accompanied by a covering letter, sets out very clearly what steps they will take in order to respond to any further departures from orthodoxy in the Anglican Church of Australia. The cover […]
Bishop of Newcastle: “Our church allows for the possibility of the blessing of same-sex marriages”
The Bishop of Newcastle, Peter Stuart, has written a “pastoral letter” to his diocese which, while very verbose, has been understood to indicate that he now gives permission for “Wangaratta” blessings to occur in his diocese. In his letter, Bishop Stuart states that, Our church allows for the possibility of the blessing of same-sex marriages […]
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“Difficult Days for our Church” – Archbishop of Sydney writes to clergy
The Archbishop of Sydney, Glenn Davies, has written to his clergy in response to the Appellate Tribunal opinion and a meeting of the House of Bishops. In a letter published on the Sydney Anglicans website Davies describes the opinion as hard to fathom, as it is contrary to the teaching of the Bible letter to […]
Australian Bishops Issue Statement: “…there is not a common mind…”
The Australian House of Bishops, who have met again on Friday 20 November, have issued a statement in response to the Appellate Tribunal’s opinion. The bishops had already met the previous week, albeit briefly online, and that meeting was described to davidould.net as “difficult”. There was some expectation that this week’s meeting might result in […]
“Erroneous and Unconvincing”. GAFCON Australia responds to Appellate Tribunal Opinion
GAFCON Australia have issued a first response to the Appellate Tribunal opinion and it’s a clear one. Here’s the key paragraph: …the Board of Gafcon Australia expresses its deep regret that the recent majority opinion of the Appellate Tribunal of the Anglican Church of Australia relies upon a disputed definition of the meaning of ‘doctrine’ […]
Wangaratta and Newcastle Bishops Issue First Responses to Appellate Tribunal
The two bishops of the Dioceses at the centre of this week’s Appellate Tribunal opinions have issued their first responses. Bishop Peter Stuart of Newcastle sent his clergy a letter on Friday: Bishop Clarence Bester of Wangaratta issued a statement on Thursday. While both statements do not openly encourage clergy to conduct such “blessings”, neither […]
Anglican Unscripted 630 – Appellate Tribunal
Kevin and I chat through the immediate reaction to the Appellate Tribunal opinion.
