Way Forward

At the March meeting of the College of Bishops and the General Church Board which addressed the Ordination Way Forward Resolution from General Synod 2021–23, it was decided that the College of Bishops should provide guidance regarding the way the resolution is understood in the church.

The project team to lead the Ordination Resolution Way Forward project has been appointed. The three-person team of Tim Niewand, Stella Thredgold and Tony Vong, met for the first time on 18 April at the LCANZ head office in North Adelaide.

Expressions of Interest are invited from members of the LCANZ to join eight working groups to undertake the work asked for by the 2021-2023 Convention of General Synod resolution regarding the ordination of women and men. 

We asked eight Synod participants for their reflections on the ‘one church with two ordination practices’ resolution.

Since the February Convention of General Synod, the General Church Board (GCB) and College of Bishops (CoB) have met together twice to commence work on Synod’s resolution to explore the possibility of ‘one church with two ordination practices’.