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A Pro-Choice Bishop for Brisbane

George Conger

The Venerable Alison Taylor, Melbourne’s Archdeacon for International Partnerships and Vicar of St John’s Church Camberwell has been appointed as the next Assistant Bishop for the Southern Region of the Diocese of Brisbane

An active member of the Melbourne Synod, Archdeacon Taylor was the spokesman for a diocesan committee that urged the government to place limits on late-term abortions, but argued that first trimester abortions were morally permissible.

New Principal for Moore College, Sydney

Anglican Media Sydney

Dr Mark Thompson has been appointed to succeed Dr John Woodhouse as Principal of Moore Theological College.

The President of the governing board of the College, Dr Peter Jensen, said “I greet the appointment of Dr Mark Thompson as the next Principal with great enthusiasm. Mark is thoroughly committed to Christ as Lord, and is a fine teacher and a caring pastor”.

Statement by the Archbishop of Sydney on the resignation of Dr. Rowan Williams

George Conger

The Archbishop of Canterbury is universally admired for his intellectual stature and his personal warmth.  In his time as Archbishop, the Anglican Communion has been subjected to unprecedented stresses ...

Gay clergy fight heats up in Australia

George Conger

A new hot spot appears to be forming in the Anglican Communion’s decade old war over human sexuality following the appointment of a partnered gay clergyman to a parish benefice in Australia.  The Bishop of Gippsland has rejected suggestions he violated the letter and spirit of Australian canon law and pan-Anglican agreements on human sexuality by licencing Mr. David Head to serve as minister of the Anglican Church in Heyfield, Victoria.

On 27 February 2012, Bishop John McIntyre told the ABC radio service the appointment was not improper.  “If [conservatives] think that I have acted against the Lambeth Resolution [1.10 of 1998 on human sexuality], they need to think again, because I didn’t actually ordain this man. He was ordained over 30 years ago in the diocese of Melbourne.”

Bishop denounces govt u-turn on gambling reform

George Conger

Church leaders in Australia have denounced Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s u-turn on poker gambling machines, saying her decision to back away from plans to tighten regulations on “pokies” was a “serious moral” failing that would sapped the people’s trust in government.

The chairman of the Melbourne Anglican Social Responsibilities Committee, Bishop Philip Huggins said the prime minister “did not just break her promise” to independent Tasmanian MHR Andrew Wilkie to implement reforms to address problem gambling.

Archbishop Peter Jensen’s 2011 Christmas message

The signs are that the world is in for a difficult time economically. For some countries it is not just a downturn, they will need to grapple with a breakdown in their economic systems. Already, many people go hungry each day. If times get worse, it will be the poor and disadvantaged who suffer most. We are going to need to be generous, and the greatest inspiration to generosity that the world has ever known is Jesus.

Christmas Message from the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide Jeffrey Driver

On Christmas Eve, something like 2000 young South Australians will be sleeping rough or without regular housing.

 

Christmas Message from Dr Philip Freier, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne

The Occupy Movement, which began in Wall St, and spread to other parts of the world, including Australia, has essentially been a protest against what was once described as “the unacceptable face of capitalism.”