The Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, Archbishop Philip Freier of Melbourne, has announced that he will not seek reelection as Primate. He will stand down on 31 March 2020 in order to allow sufficient time for an election and for his successor to prepare for the pivotal General Synod in June. In a […]
The Bishops of the Anglican Church of Australia met this week in Melbourne to discuss the growing crisis in the national church precipitated by the decision of the synods of Wangaratta and Newcastle to legislate for a liturgy of blessing for those in same-sex marriage. At the conclusion of their meeting they issued the following […]
The Australian Church Record has posted a longer article from me setting out my best crystal ball inspired prediction of how our crisis will play out. The future is still somewhat uncertain although I will venture to suggest what it might look like. I am neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet but […]
The synod of the Diocese of Newcastle meets today and tomorrow. The revised business paper is available online [pdf]. Most notably the synod will be asked to approve 2 private bills. The first (12.1), proposed by the Dean of the Cathedral, removes any disciplinary consequences for clergy in a same-sex marriage . The second (12.2) […]
Every so often Kevin and I get together to chat about all things Anglican. Here’s all the latest in the growing crisis in Australia:
Lots and lots of ink has been spilled over the past few days over the Archbishop of Sydney’s call for those who want to change the Anglican Church of Australia’s doctrine of marriage to “please just leave”. I’m going to spill a bit more and I want it to leave a stain. Despite what you […]
Ridley College in Melbourne have issued a statement in the form of an open letter affirming the Biblical doctrine of marriage. The statement marks a significant contribution to the current Australian Anglican conversation on marriage brought about by the unilateral decision of Wangaratta Diocese to approve a liturgy for the blessing of persons in a […]
The same-sex marriage blessing liturgy presented to the Wangaratta synod for their approval (and due to be presented to the upcoming Newcastle synod) is not a new piece of work but, rather, heavily dependent upon other similar liturgies first developed more than 20 years ago in the 1990s and earlier. Students of this topic will be aware of […]
St John’s Anglican Cathedral in Brisbane has ended an extensive engagement with the city’s “Pride” festival with their annual “Pride Evensong”. The event, typically attracting a congregation of around 40, included a sermon by Rev. Steve McMahon of St Paul’s Ipswich. In his sermon for St Michael and All Angels, entitled “Why is celebrating Pride […]
davidould.net has obtained the order of service for the service of Morning Prayer on 14 September during which the marriage of John Davis and Robert Whalley was affirmed. There is no mention in the order of service of a blessing for Davis and Whalley and yet it is clear from photographs and the comments of […]
