‘This can’t wait’ churches say to Australian leaders
MELBOURNE Anglicans have reiterated calls for urgent government action against climate change, warning Australia and its neighbours will bear the brunt of heat, flooding and sea level rise.
‘We … must speak out’: Synod condemns Uighur genocide
A motion to condemn the genocide of Uighur Muslims by the Chinese Communist Party sparked debate during Saturday’s session of the 2021 Melbourne Synod.
Local partnership to send medical aid to Uganda
MUCH-NEEDED medical supplies will soon leave Melbourne bound for a small Ugandan hospital, thanks to a partnership between an Anglican church and the Rotary Foundation.
Melbourne priest, TMA honoured at religious press awards
By Mark Brolly The flagship publication of Ethos: the Evangelical Centre for Christianity and Society, which is led by Melbourne Anglican priest and academic the Revd Dr Gordon Preece, has won the premier honour of the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA), the Gutenberg Award. Zadok Perspectives and Papers, of which Dr Preece has been Commissioning […]
They can’t breathe: Myanmar’s military rulers deny oxygen to their people in COVID crisis
Myanmar’s military leaders are reserving oxygen for themselves and their cronies as hundreds of the people they rule die each week from COVID-19.
Following where God’s call leads
It is my personal belief that God placed me in the role. I felt his strong calling to the role from the beginning, but it took the onset of the Global Financial Crisis a few short months into the role for me to understand why. That I was able to use my finance background and skills to steer the diocese through these early tough times and to see this as the beginning of a long road of cultural change was foundational to the many other challenges that we inevitably faced.
Preventing violence against women is everyone’s business
A bystander is a person who witnesses or hears about a harmful incident or situation but is not directly involved in it. An “active bystander” is someone who, upon witnessing or hearing such an incident or situation, responds with some sort of action that communicates their disapproval.
Prayer vigil for violence-wracked Myanmar this Saturday
Bishop Paul Barker has been hearing a lot from Myanmar recently, not much of it good.
Sister joins brother in episcopal ranks in first for Anglican world
touching personal exchange between brother and sister marked the consecration of the Revd Kate Prowd.
How many refugee children are really in Nauru?
Dr June Factor is the convener of Befriend a Child in Detention, and Bishop Philip Huggins is a member of the organisation’s leadership team. Here they write of their frustration in trying to establish the true number of children in Nauru.
