Issue 1904 (December 2011) of The Australian Church Record is now available. Download your PDF copy (800kb).
Includes:
Archbishop Stops Bad Law – Twice – cover story
Grass Roots Under Fire?
– from the National Church?
– from the Anglican Communion?
– from our own Missionary Zeal?
Effective Ministry Under God – report
The latest issue of The Australian Church Record (Issue 1903, October 2011) is now available.
Download your PDF copy (1MB).
Includes:
Welcome to the 49th Synod – editorial
Knox/Robinson for Today – Mark Thompson
Meet the Secretariat’s CEO
What Kind of Bishop? – Gerald Bray
In 2004, in response to the crisis in the Anglican Communion caused by the consecration of a practicing homosexual as a bishop in the diocese of New Hampshire in the USA and a decision of the Diocese of New Westminster in Canada to authorize the blessing of same sex unions, a Lambeth Commission published The Windsor Report.
Amongst other things, the Report called for a Covenant between the members of the Anglican Communion. The introduction of this Covenant has been discussed at two General Synods of the Anglican Church of Australia, and the Dioceses now have the opportunity to respond. Continue reading
Mark Thompson, Head of Theology, Philosophy and Ethics at Moore College and the President of the Anglican Church League, wrote this for the January 2011 Special Edition of the Australian Church Record.
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Those elected as Synod Reps in 2011 will have the opportunity to make a difference in some of the important issues in the next three years.
For example, how will Synod help the Diocese: Continue reading
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