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“Who Am I?” A Sydney Anglican Female Perspective

October 28, 2019 by Dani Treweek

First published on smh.com.au but expanded and published here by permission. My favourite moment of my favourite musical comes when Les Miserable’s protagonist breaks into his moment of existential crisis. “Who am I?”, he lyrically wails. …

Counter-cultural in every age

July 31, 2019 by Nathan Walter

“The clear evidence of the mental health ill-effects of discrimination against LGBT people should firmly banish outdated policies to the past where they belong.” [1] So concluded an article in The Guardian on the issue of our marriage plebiscite…

Complementarianism and Campus Ministry: An interview with Carl Matthei and Alison Napier

July 11, 2019July 10, 2019 by Carl Matthei and Alison Napier

What does complementarian ministry look like in practice in a parachurch setting? To explore just that, we chat to Carl Matthai and Alison Napier who are part of the team at Campus Bible Study (CBS) at the University of New South Wales. Carl heads…

How I’ve tried to encourage women in ministry

May 15, 2019May 14, 2019 by Nathan Walter

In ministry, I’ve had opportunity to work alongside a number of women in the context of church staff teams—among others, two in particular: Pip Russell for 12 years at Christ Church St Ives, and now Deb Earnshaw at Naremburn Cammeray. I want to…

Encouraging women in ministry

February 10, 2019 by Ben Gray

When I asked one of my female colleagues the question, “How do I encourage you in ministry?” her answer was: “By being normal”. So as I think about how we can encourage women in ministry, the theme is “trying to be normal”. I want to consider how we…

Why consider gender and the local church?

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 by Jane Tooher

Jane Tooher is the director of Moore College’s Priscilla and Aquila Centre. Here she shares with us a little of how this centre aims to encourage the complementarian ministry of women in partnership with men. Jane, can you tell us a bit about your…

Feminism and faith: Some further thoughts

November 13, 2018 by Christine Bransdon

This is the second part of Christine’s article. The first part can be found here. I have invested a lot of effort in researching feminism and trying to express why I think it is at odds with Christianity. I’ve struggled to reconcile the…