By Peter Corney
The main stream Protestant churches in Australia are in serious decline and have been for some time. To give but one example: attendance at worship on an average Sunday in the Anglican Church in Melbourne has dropped from an estimated 50,000 in 1981 to 21,000 in 2006. How did we get to this [...]
By Peter Corney
Not long ago I attended a service at which a senior Melbourne Anglican Church leader spoke. I was encouraged by his obvious enthusiasm for mission and his concern to contextualize our churches in the local culture. But the bit that made me nervous was his comments on congregational size. He put forward the idea [...]
The 2007 Annual Arrow Lecture
By the Rev. Peter Corney OAM
Overview
1. Five observations about what’s happening in the general culture
2. The five challenges for contemporary Christian leaders.
What’s happening in the general culture?
There are so many things happening that have implications for the church that its [...]
By Peter Corney
(The title for this address was inspired by Reno Elms book “In the Ruins of the Church” (1)
In the book of Nehemiah chapters 1 and 2, when Nehemiah, who is in exile, learns of the ruined state of Jerusalem he is deeply distressed and calls out: “Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates [...]
