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Finally revealed: a trail of destruction by an evangelical leader and a deadly cover-up

Nov 11, 2024 | anglican.ink | John Sandeman

Four decades after the alarm was first raised, systematic abuse by a leader in the centre of a Church of England conservative evangelical network has been fully revealed in an official report. The Makin report into John Smyth QC (1941-2018), a leader in the UK public schools (exlusive private schools) network known as the Iwerne camps, records episodes of thrashing over 80 young men in England, Zimbawe and South Africa. ““The abuse at the hands of John Smyth was prolific and abhorrent.
An instant city at the end of the metro line

Sep 23, 2024 | anglican.ink | John Sandeman

The very end of Sydney’s shiny new Metro line is Tallawong station, a place destined to be a high-rise-only suburb. The sort of “Transport Oriented Development” (TOD) that strikes fear into the heart of inner city NIMBYs is here at the end of the line, ten-story flat blocks. (Question: Why are tall buildings called flat?)But instead of transforming a low-density part of the inner city into urbanist TOD, Tallawong is going from paddock tohigh-rise almost instantly.
Sydney’s Anglicans decline to make school leaders sign up to marriage doctrine

Sep 23, 2024 | anglican.ink | John Sandeman

Anglican school council members, school principals and board members of diocesan organisations will NOT have to sign up for a Sydney Anglican statement of marriage after a vote by their synod (church parliament) on Monday.
New report shows Sydney Anglican’s numbers fall: but also a rebound

Aug 1, 2024 | anglican.ink | John Sandeman

A detailed report into Sydney Anglican church attendance shows a 6.7 per cent decline against a 2013 baseline using church attendance figures of adult attenders. The report commissioned by the diocesan (region) Standing Committee for this year’s Synod (church parliament) details the changes year by year. “The Diocese experienced wafer thin growth between 2013 and 2017. Total attendance figures against the 2013 baseline were up in 2014 (+109), 2015 (+345) and 2017 (+206).
Good news from across the ditch

Jul 6, 2024 | anglican.ink | John Sandeman

Australian Christians are too often ignorant about their sisters and brothers across the Tasman. Bishop Jay Behan of the Church of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa New Zealand and a team of New Zealanders gave a sharp update to the Gafcon Australasia conference. “The reality is that in New Zealand now, there are two separate Anglican structures within the country,” Behan explained.
Defining what Christian ‘mission’ means

Jul 6, 2024 | anglican.ink | John Sandeman

It’s possible though to be a little bit confused sometimes by the Bible’s mandate for mission,” Mark Earngey told the Gafcon Australia Conference meeting in Brisbane this week.
Church plants and conversion stories: Aussie Anglicans (and others) meet at Gafcon

Jul 6, 2024 | anglican.ink | John Sandeman

Sydney Archbishop Kanishka Raffel visits churches every week, and “virtually every week”, he hears stories of people coming to Christ. Raffel urged delegates not to be ashamed of the gospel speaking at the Gafcon (Global Anglican Future) Australasia Conference, currently being held at the spacious Riverlife Baptist church in Brisbane. Several hundred delegates from New Zealand and New Guinea have joined Australians from every State and Territory.
Anna Crenshaw settles with Jason Mays but not the Hillsong Church

Jul 5, 2024 | theothercheek.com.au | John Sandeman

Former Hillsong College student Anna Crenshaw (right) has settled her long-running court case against a Hillsong Admin worker, Jason Mays (left), but has continued her case against Hillsong Church and the college. It was March 2016 when 18-year-old Anna Crenshaw, the daughter of a Philadelphia pastor, Ed Crenshaw, had come to Sydney to attend Hillsong College. A drunk Jason Mays who was working in a Hillsong admin job. assaulted Crenshaw at a social function.
Armidale and Grafton: the great Anglican experiment

May 22, 2024 | anglican.ink | John Sandeman

Travelling North from Sydney towards Queensland, the Inland route by train or car takes you through Armidale, seat of the evangelical diocese of the same name, and the coastal route takes you through Grafton, the cathedral city of a progressive diocese. The border roughly runs along the appropriately named Great Dividing Range, appropriately named because these two dioceses or regions represent the division in The Australian Church.
Pro-Israel Christians post a rival leaders’ letter on Gaza

Apr 26, 2024 | anglican.ink | John Sandeman

An open letter calling for a Gaza crossfire signed by a wide range of Australian Christian leaders, including denominational heads, has been countered by a pro-Israel group’s rival open letter. The letter, timed for Passover, which begins today, is addressed to Federal Ministers and responds to the recent announcement by the Foreign Minister, Senator Penny Wong, suggesting that the government may recognise a Palestinian state, considering that it could be a way to peace.