"First, I want to stake my life on the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. That's the agenda; that's the news as far as I'm concerned. The main contest today in the world in which we live is a contest between the men and women who think that this world is all there is.
Canon Peter Jensen, principal of Moore Theological College, has been invited to be Archbishop of Sydney.
The Rev Peter Kurti, was named today as the next rector of St James', King St in Sydney. He follows the Right Rev Richard Hurford, who was recently appointed Bishop of Bathurst.
A stunning visual symbol of reconciliation between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians will be unveiled at St James' Church, King Street, Sydney on Sunday, May 27 -the start of National Reconciliation Week. The church service for reconciliation, at which the artwork will be unveiled, begins at 11am.
Philip Newman, Director of Anglican relief and development body AngliCORD, has spent the last week in the West Bank and Gaza as part of an ACFOA (Australian Council for Overseas Aid) monitoring team.
The South American Missionary Society (SAMS) and the Church Missionary Society (CMS) displayed commitment in their missionary work when they agreed to jointly continue their work in South America.
"She looks into my old, foolish face, sees through it I think, sees below the ruination, hears behind the senseless, ceaseless chatter, sees right down to the despair but also beyond to the terrific thing there really is in me, the joy I would have in God and she should have in life which come to much the same thing."
Why would an MP, a city councilor or a judge get down on their hands and knees and wash the feet of a total stranger? It's all part of the St Paul's Cathedral's Maundy Thursday service at 6pm on 12 April.
Sudan's Bishop of Bor, the Rt Revd Nathaniel Garang Anyieth appealed to the Adelaide Christians, in Southern Australia, to assist in bringing about peace and stability in his country and put a halt 17 years of Christians' persecution.
The National Council of Churches has raised concern about the treatment of asylum seekers by the Australian government and media, and that the church's role should be geared towards educating people for better understanding of asylum seekers' situation.
The Most Rev Harry Goodhew, Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of New South Wales (NSW), will retire on March 19, the date of his seventieth birthday.
The Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Uniting Church social justice groups in Perth were quick to welcome the release late last year of the Ombudsman's report into deaths in Western Australian (WA) prisons.
The Rev Richard Hurford, rector of St James' King St, will be consecrated as the ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Bathurst in a service at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney on Saturday, February 10th.
At a time when many churches are struggling to find new clergy, the Anglican Church in Sydney will ordain 27 men and commission two women for a range of ministries reflecting the diversity of Australia's multicultural society.
The Bishop of Armidale, the Right Rev Peter Brain, has been elected to the Appellate Tribunal of the Anglican Church of Australia. He was elected in a postal ballot of members of General Synod's House of Clergy, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Bishop Bruce Wilson.
Dr Bruce Kaye, general secretary of the Anglican Church's General Synod, has labelled the regionalism found in Australia's large metropolitan Dioceses - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth - a 'bad experiment' that should be 'abandoned in favour of dividing our larger dioceses'.
The Most Rev Harry Goodhew, Archbishop of Sydney, and the Most Rev Ian George, Archbishop of Adelaide, were each appointed an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day (26th January) Honours List. This is the second highest honour in the Order of Australia awards.
The Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Rev Harry Goodhew has launched the Archbishop's Overseas Ministry Fund (AOMF) and called on Sydney Anglicans to support their brothers and sisters in the two-thirds worlds.
As Australia celebrates its 100th birthday, St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney will host a special service marking the Centenary of federation.
The Anglican Bishop of South Sydney, Robert Forsyth, has called on church members not to forget the many people mourning the loss of loved ones from HIV/AIDS virus in their midst. Speaking on Worldwide AIDS day Bishop Forsyth said, 'We have progressed a long way from the negative social stigma the ADS virus once held largely due to public education campaigns.
As flood waters continue to cover much of rural NSW, Anglican churches throughout the state are coming together to help locals pick up the pieces in the wake of the disaster. Flooding has affected a substantial part of the state over the past week, causing tens of millions of dollars worth of damage to farmland, property and businesses, particularly in the country NSW dioceses of Armidale and Bathurst. As emergency services begin to count the cost of the disaster, Archbishop Harry Goodhew, Metropolitan of NSW
Draft legislation for women bishops has been released by General Synod Standing Committee in preparation for the next General Synod meeting in July 2001. The bill, based on the 1992 church law for women priests will, if passed, remove any legal doubt about the validity of consecrating women bishops. A striking feature of these proposals is that they will offer a mechanism
The Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Willochra today elected one of its members to be its next Bishop. Archdeacon Garry Weatherill, of Crystal Brook, has been Ministry Development Officer and Archdeacon for the last three years, and a Synod of 90 people reached the decision through a careful process of nomination, debate, and ballotting.
The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, the Most Revd Peter Watson, said tonight that the peaceful demonstrators at the recent World Economic Forum S11 protest represented the concerns of many Australians over globalisation. He also called for a mutual obligation policy where governments and the corporate world also meet their obligations, and for political leadership based on the common good, not opinion polls.
At the session held in October 1999 the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney requested the Diocesan Doctrine Commission to prepare a report upon The Gift of Authority, the paper issued by ARCIC which outlines the agreement reached within the Commission upon authority in the Church
The annual Synod of the Diocese of Sydney will commenced on Monday, October 9. It will meet over 5 days - October 9, 10, 11, 16 and 17. This is the final Synod for Archbishop Harry Goodhew, who will retire on March 19, 2001
Archbishop Goodhew leaves a 'robust' and 'growing' Church, he claimed in his farewell address to the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney this afternoon. "There is so much to give thanks to God concerning the life of this Diocese. When others are experiencing decline we have, under God, seen growth," the Archbishop said
'We must never lose sight of the fact that until 200 years ago all of Tasmania was under the custody of Aboriginal people,' "We must never lose sight of the fact that until 200 years ago all of Tasmania was under the custody of Aboriginal people
The Anglican Bishop of North Sydney, the Rt Revd Paul Barnett, strongly disagrees with part of the recent Declaration Dominus Iesus issued by the Roman Catholic Church. The document claims that churches other than the Roman Catholic Church are not churches in "the proper sense
The Anglican churches at Menai and Sutherland, in Sydney's southern suburbs, really know how to organise and present sports outreaches in their areas. St Paul's Anglican Church Menai and St John's Sutherland held Sports Outreach programs and attracted folk from outside the church to show something of their interest in the local communities and the possibilities available through sports for the young people
