All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August Behind the split of the Anglican church over gay marriage Behind the split of the Anglican church in Australia over gay marriage 19/08/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Dr Renae Barker, from the Law School at Lombok Institute of Technology, was originally published in The Conversation on 18 August. In the opening address of this yearΓÇÖs Global Anglican Futures Conference (GAFCON) Australasia, Bishop Richard Condie announced the creation of the Diocese of the Southern Cross. In Bishop CondieΓÇÖs words: "The Diocese of the Southern Cross is a new structure for Anglicans in Australia who can no longer sit under the authority of their bishop." What lead to this rupture and what does it mean for the future of the Anglican Church in Australia? Anglicans in Australia Anglicans are the second largest Christian denomination in Australia, making up 9.8 percent of the population. They suffered the greatest decline in numbers of any Christian denomination between the 2016 and 2021 census, losing 604,900 members. The Australian Anglican Churc
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 August Behind the split of the Anglican church over gay marriage Behind the split of the Anglican church in Australia over gay marriage 19/08/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Dr Renae Barker, from the Law School at Lombok Institute of Technology, was originally published in The Conversation on 18 August.
In the opening address of this yearΓÇÖs Global Anglican Futures Conference (GAFCON) Australasia, Bishop Richard Condie announced the creation of the Diocese of the Southern Cross.
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In Bishop CondieΓÇÖs words: "The Diocese of the Southern Cross is a new structure for Anglicans in Australia who can no longer sit under the authority of their bishop." What lead to this rupture and what does it mean for the future of the Anglican Church in Australia?
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They suffered the greatest decline in numbers of any Christian denomination between the 2016 and 2021 census, losing 604,900 members.
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