National

Anglican Church of Australia's "You May Have Heard It Said" campaign echoes the words of Jesus

The Anglican Church of Australia has launched a social media campaign to help address and prevent the root causes of domestic and family violence

Local

“We can always do better”: Archbishop Jeremy Greaves on ABC News Radio

“I am particularly mindful of victim-survivors who are going to be traumatised and re-traumatised…Concerns about clericalism in the Church, about abuse of positions of trust and power, about protecting reputation — those are things we still have work to do on,” said Archbishop Jeremy Greaves on ABC News radio on Friday 15 November 2024 following the independent Makin review findings and Archbishop Welby’s resignation

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Statement in support of the Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry — Queensland Muslims Inc.

“I was raised in South Africa during the apartheid era. So, I have witnessed firsthand the short- and long-term impacts of institutionalised racism, including severe inter-generational trauma…Just as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission brought healing and reconciliation for South Africans, I have witnessed how our State’s Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry has started a new era of healing and reconciliation for Queenslanders,” says Habib Jamal, President of Queensland Muslim Inc.

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Grant opportunities for youth and children’s ministry

“One of the focus areas of GFS — An Anglican Ministry (formally Girls Friendly Society) is to provide financial grants to Anglican Church Southern Queensland parishes, groups and schools for their current (or forthcoming) youth and children’s ministry,” says Margaret Humphries from GFS — An Anglican Ministry

International

Seminar will address decolonising the Bible

The World Council of Churches, with the University of the Western Cape, will hold a joint seminar from 18-23 November, in Cape Town, South Africa