How to elect for ‘one-of-us-ness’ in Melbourne’s next archbishop
Selecting group representatives – whether they be a chief executive, sporting team captain, or an archbishop – comes with a host of challenges.
Struggle continues despite 30 year milestone for women’s ordination
WOMEN remain undervalued in the church despite 2022 marking 30 years since their ordination as Anglican priests in Australia, according to one of Melbourne’s first women to be ordained.
Funds should be used to focus on new Melbourne | Your say
Our church’s mission in “new Melbourne” was one of my passions in synod. At my final session, a couple of months ago, I asked about progress in this sphere over the last decade in view of synod commitments made ten years ago.
‘False assumptions’ behind claim of vexatious allegations to Kooyoora: Archbishop
Melbourne’s archbishop has hit back at claims the diocese’s professional standards process has been flooded with vexatious allegations of bullying and emotional harassment.
Should Melbourne abandon synod elections for its archbishops?
An electoral board election was the method this diocese used to elect archbishops for more than a century.
Dozens of Melbourne parishes without any teenagers: Synod
LESS than a third of Melbourne churches have hit targets for appropriate youth ministry models, putting the diocese well short of targets for 2022.
Online synod largely positive experience: survey
ONLINE voting and no need to travel were both big hits with Melbourne’s Anglican synod representatives, according to a diocesan survey.
Net zero motion scuppered by procedural concerns
EFFORTS to reach net zero carbon within the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne have faced a roadblock, after a motion calling for the target was ruled out of order on the final day of synod.
Motion urging “meaningful dialogue” easily passed by synod.
ANGLICAN factions have been called to engage in “meaningful dialogue with the hope of coming to a common mind on the difficult things that threaten to divide us”
‘Embarrassingly out-of-date’ church laws consigned to history
ANGLICANS are free from requirements to pay a fee in Australian pounds if they wish to bring a case before the rarely convened Diocesan Tribunal, after the annual synod passed new legislation.