UK Government loses its Equality Bill faith proposals

“The House of Lords has blocked elements of the government’s Equality Bill which church groups said could have exposed them to legal challenges if they refused to hire homosexuals or transsexuals…”

– Report from Reuters.

Gerald Bray on the 39 Articles

ACL President Mark Thompson is encouraged at the new attention being given to the Articles –

“Gerald Bray has provided a brilliant resource for the study of authentic, biblical and evangelical, Anglicanism. His recently published study of the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion, The Faith we Confess: An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles (London: Latimer Trust, 2009) should be included on the reading lists of every Anglican theological college.”

(Articles? What Articles? You’ll find them at the back of the Prayer Book – and here.)

Order your copy of the book – or read the Introduction – from Latimer Trust.

Australia Day Honours 2010 (updated)

Among those awarded Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in the 2010 Australia Day Honours are –

Robert Tong, ACL Chairman, “For service to the Anglican Church of Australia through a range of diocesan and national executive and administrative roles, and to the law as a practitioner and as an academic.”

Dr Bill Andersen, “For service to religious education through a range of academic and professional roles, and to the Scripture Union movement.” and

Bruce Baird, “For service to the Parliament of Australia, and to the community of New South Wales through a range of business, tourism and welfare organisations.”

Susan Scarcella, long involved with Italian ministry and also service to the church in Bali, was awarded Medal (OAM) of The Order of Australia, “For service to overseas humanitarian aid projects, particularly through the Protestant Christian Church, Bali.”

(See also this story by Russell Powell at SydneyAnglicans.net with a list of others who also received awards.)