Parishes and Other Mission Agencies Commission

Wednesday September 30

Q&A with Chaplaincy Services Manager, former Scientologist and North Pine parishioner, Andrea Colledge

Meet Andrea Colledge and find out about her work, her unusual faith journey, what makes her nostalgic, what Australian Christian inspires her the most and what day she would like to re-live and why

Stunning Aboriginal dot paintings to travel around our Diocese

Three stunning interrelated Aboriginal dot paintings, representing our Diocesan Regions and commissioned by the Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group, are travelling individually around our Diocese and are being displayed as a reminder of our Christian call to Reconciliation

(Image by Sarah Noltner on Unsplash)

Growing people vital to church health

Executive Director of PMC Dr Stephen Harrison discusses the question, ‘What are disciples and what does it mean to nurture them?’

Clergy aged 65+ wellbeing and contribution survey

“At a time in life when people usually wind back work-related activities, clergy aged over 65 in the Anglican Church Southern Queensland are making a huge contribution. We have to wonder what the church would look like if the thousands of hours of quality ministry they provide were not given,” says Executive Director of PMC Stephen Harrison on a 65+ clergy survey

How is your church responding to the local context?

“What are you doing to understand the local context and your church’s place in it?” asks Dr Stephen Harrison following the release of the Church of England’s research report, ‘From Anecdote to Evidence’

Church growth – what do we really know?

“Importantly, the research found that theological tradition appears to make no significant difference to church growth or decline. Neither does the gender, ethnicity or marital status of the leader,” says Dr Stephen Harrison on a recent UK church growth report