11+ hour, 26+ min ago   (974+ words) Aaron Earls of Lifeway Research via Religion Unplugged In 1455, Johannes Gutenberg printed around 180 copies of the Bible, the first book to come from his movable type printing press. Last year, 570 years after Gutenberg, more than 19.1 million Bibles were sold in…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (267+ words) The Anglican General Synod (the Church Parliament) has passed a strongly worded motion, without any opposing vote, urging the Federal government to go all the way and implement all the reforms that Peta Murphy, the late member for Dunkley, campaigned…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1072+ words) Archbishop Ric Thorpe of Melbourne used his first-ever speech at General Synod (the Anglican Church’s national parliament) to endorse an ambitious goal of a million church plants by 2036 that was presented at the Anglican Consultative Council last month. His speech…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (305+ words) A bill proposing to allow emergency changes for the administration of a diocese was withdrawn. It was not getting the sort of support required – a 75 per cent vote in the houses of clergy, laity and bishops – to pass as a…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (274+ words) “We all need to own it. Having a National Aboriginal Bishop is wonderful for all of us,” Newcastle’s Aunty Dr Di Rayson told the General Synod. The General Synod has agreed to fund incoming First Nations Bishops. Bishop Chris McLeod…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (264+ words) An excerpt from the Presidential Address by Bishop Mark Short to the 19th Anglican General Synod Describing the growth of distrust in our society, particularly post Covid, Bishop Short turns to the rise of anti-semitism as a prime example. The current…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (364+ words) Khim and Eugenie Harris are exchanging living on the WA coastal town of Geraldton, which is not mentioned in Scripture for the Biblically resonant city of Jerusalem. Khim has served as Registrar of the Anglican Diocese of North West Australia,…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (280+ words) As previously reported, the North Queensland Diocese is in receivership due to sexual abuse claims through the redress scheme. DFATF reports that “In a number of dioceses the cost of settling known claims has been significant; and there remains considerable…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (716+ words) How Anglican chaplains shaped Anzac Day (and Australia) The Other Cheek In an online essay, historian Michael Gladwin captures the post-war impact of the extraordinary cohort of chaplains who left comfortable parishes for the front line of World War One,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (208+ words) Fifty years of being deadly: Naidoc’s founders The Other Cheek We are in the middle of the 50th NAIDOC Week, which makes it a good time to remember its founders.The National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee was set up…...