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A Comment from Canada Relevant to Australia
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- Written by: Chris Appleby
Prof John Stackhouse has made some interesting comments from Canada that we might find relevant here, leaving out the particular Canadian political commentary:
The Conservative Party Moves On–and So Should Everyone Else
The Conservative Party of Canada just voted to remove the traditional definition of marriage (one man + one woman) from its platform and replace it with…nothing in particular.
Supporters of this change were quoted over and over as saying the same things: The legality of same-sex marriage in Canada was decided a decade ago and the party needs to recognize that fact, move on, and embrace a wider constituency.
Regardless of one’s opinion about same-sex marriage, at least three troubling issues emerge from this easy assurance.
Anglican Future Conference 2015 Video
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- Written by: Chris Appleby
EFAC and FCA held a joint National Anglican Future Conference in Melbourne in March 2015.
Video from a number of the sessions can be found here.
English Synod Approves Ordination of Women Bishops
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- Written by: Chris Appleby
[CofE] The General Synod of the Church of England has enacted the measure enabling women to be ordained as Bishops in the Church of England.
The formal enactment of the legislation – Amending Canon 33 - followed the vote on final approval by the Synod at its meeting in July of this year. Since that time the legislation has been approved in Parliament and received Royal Assent.
Anglicanism keeps muddling on — thank God
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- Written by: Theo Hobson
A new survey of UK Anglican clergy has been published.
Its findings are reassuringly unsurprising. For example, almost one-third of the clergy identify as evangelical; exactly one-third as Catholic; and just over one-third as something in the middle. In a different question, a quarter identify as conservative. Just over half want to keep the established Church in its current form; the rest want some sort of reform. Most call for the Anglican Communion to be more accepting of diversity, rather than seek stricter uniformity. Same in relation to the national Church. Sensible middle-way muddling-through remains the dominant approach: half the clergy think that Christians are discriminated against in some way by our secular society; half oppose same-sex marriage. (39 per cent are in favour of it, which I suppose is a strong body of dissent from Church teaching, but hardly surprising.)
Archbishop of Canterbury: a 'good vicar' is key
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Archbishop of Canterbury: a 'good vicar' is key to tackling falling congregation numbers
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby, has issued a challenge to his priests to turn the tide of falling numbers of church-goers and make their congregations grow.
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