Diocese of Sydney

Members of Bondi Anglican Church comforted witnesses to the horrific shooting late into the night and marched in support of their Jewish neighbors.

Letters from our readers on conversion therapy in Sydney, the Episcopal Church and progressive politics, and the Global Anglican Communion

All 12 men who drafted the plan for the Global Anglican Communion hail from dioceses and churches that have never been part of the Anglican Communion or have been largely disengaged from it for the last two decades.

Readers weigh in on DEI, attendance in the Diocese of Sydney, and the war in Gaza.

A graduate of Sydney’s Moore Theological College, Mark Short calls for interdependence across the decentralized church’s strong divisions on hot-button issues.

John Kingsley Martin, a soft-spoken Australian who worked in multiple roles as a global Anglican communicator, has died at 75.

Low-church bodies lead the charge to remove traditional elements that might be seen as a barrier to engagement.

The Diocese of Sydney’s synod has eliminated a provision of its governance policy that required lay officials of diocesan-affiliated schools and aid agencies to profess their belief in a traditional ethic of sex and marriage.

The Rev. William Taylor: “Yesterday’s commissioning was the second of its kind, and I suspect many others will now follow — and, in due course, ordination services.”

The Very Rev. Kanishka Raffel, dean of Sydney’s St. Andrew’s Cathedral, was unanimously elected as the 12th Archbishop of Sydney by the diocese’s synod on May 6. Raffel, a London-born Sri Lankan and a Buddhist convert to Christianity, will be the first person of color to lead the vibrant conservative evangelical diocese, which has great power and influence in the GAFCON network.