Anglicans vote for change with new archbishop

Anglicans vote for change with new archbishop

Ric Thorpe wants to expand the Anglican Church in Melbourne and get more women into the ministry, but he’s against blessing same-sex marriages.

The Church of England is suffering from social justice fatigue

The Church of England’s first black clergyman, a Rev Bryan Mackey, was ordained in 1794. A contemporary newspaper notice of his being presented to “the valuable Rectory of Coates, Glouceſterſhire”, did not note his race, but characteristically thought it relevant to relate that he was “late of Braſen Noſe College” in Oxford. Today’s Church of England is somewhat more conscious of race. There are now, for instance, two “lead bishops for the Churc…