EFAC Australia
Anglicanism keeps muddling on — thank God
- 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
- Written by: Justin Welby
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.
CEEC response to Pilling report
- Written by: Chris Appleby
The Church England has recently issued a Press Statement in response to the Pilling Report on human sexuality.
George Carey: Christians, stand up for your beliefs
- Written by: George Carey
The Prince of Wales’s powerful intervention last week on the persecution of Christians is a reminder that ancient Christian communities, pre-dating Islam, are on the verge of disappearing from their homelands in the Middle East.
After years of bringing together Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders in dialogue, Prince Charles admitted that in spite of many such efforts, “fundamentalist Islamist militants” were “deliberately” targeting Christians.
GAFCON 2013
- Written by: Chris Appleby
GAFCON 2013 was held in Nairobi, Kenya in October 2013 with over 1300 Anglicans from around the world attending.
The Communique from the conference can be found here.
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