Exploding Sydney Anglicans
The Sydney Anglican—mostly evangelical—diocese is breaking records: 47 new clergy recently ordained. Onward Anglican soldiers
The class of 2006 is the largest group ordained as ministers in the Anglican Church in Australia. Many of them have been appointed to set up new congregations affiliated with existing parishes.
Watch out if the Sydney Anglicans follow the example of that great evangelical Anglican, John Wesley. His response when the clergy tried to shut him out of their parishes?
“The world is my parish!”
Like Wesley, Sydney Anglicans know how to grow leaders. Check out: 7 lessons on growing leaders and Growing leaders II
Author Muriel Porter is unhappy. Her new book describes Sydney Anglicans as “fundamentalists”— not the suicide bomber kind. She means “that narrow, rigid, ideological approach to life, the Scriptures, the church.”
At the book launch Charles Sherlock said Porter had exposed a movement that was spiritually dangerous for the health of church and society. His comments have inspired some interesting letters to the editor: Whence blows this pious gust of intolerance?
Much of the rest of Anglican church faces serious decline which is expected to get worse: Let’s face our decline
In contrast, it seems plenty of Australians are quite content to find faith and a worthwhile experience of church among these dangerous Anglican fundamentalists.
Just keep them away from the explosives or it could get messy.
