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Melanesian Brotherhood

Tuesday July 16

Melanesian man ringing a church bell by pulling on a rope

What can we learn about mission from one of the world’s most successful religious orders?

“Being sent out in mission does not necessarily mean going somewhere far away. If God’s mission has placed you right where you are at this moment, how could mission bring hope, healing and the flourishing of life into the communities where you find yourself?” asks Brad Chapman, Missioner for the Anglican Board of Mission and Provincial Clergy Conference speaker

The Melanesian Brotherhood: history, way of life and current mission

Marilyn Oulds tells us about the work of the Anglican Church and ABM in Melanesia, as well as about the Melanesian Brotherhood, which is now based in The Diocese of North Queensland

Archbishop Leonard Dawea (centre) with the Bishops of the Anglican Church of Melanesia

Melanesia’s new Archbishop is installed amidst dance and song

Traditional dancers and singing led the new Archbishop of Melanesia, Archbishop Leonard Dawea, into the service at St Barnabas Cathedral, Honiara in the Solomon Islands, where he was installed as the Primate of the Anglican Church of Melanesia last week