- Overview
- What does the Anglican Church believe?
- How do Australian Anglicans worship?
- How is the Anglican Church organised?
- How big is the Anglican Church?
- What are ordained Ministers?
- How does the Anglican Church relate to other denominations?
- Does the Anglican Church contribute to the community?
- Are women able to be priests in the Anglican Church of Australia?
- What is the Anglican Church view on reconciliation?
- How does the Anglican Church view Aboriginal spirituality?
- Relations with Other Churches
- What are the differences between the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church?
- What special clothes do Anglican Ministers wear?
- What does the Coat of Arms represent?
- When did the Church of England become the Anglican Church of Australia?
- What does the Anglican Church believe about disasters like the Boxing Day Tsunami?
The Anglican Church continues to actively support reconciliation between Indigenous people and the broader Australian community. Several resolutions have passed relating to Indigenous people at the 1998 and 2001 General Synod meetings. They concerned:
The 1998 Synod also passed a bill that ensures that Indigenous people will have representation at General Synod. An Aboriginal and a Torres Strait Islander representative for each of the three houses of synod – bishops, clergy and laity - are to be elected (Canon 17, 1998).
- a call for improved health outcomes (Resolution 02/01);
- a request for the repeal of mandatory sentencing (Resolution 04/01);
- reaffirmed the endorsement of reconciliation priorities (Resolution 07/01, 48/98);
- a reaffirmation of the importance of implementing the recommendations from the Bringing Them Home report (Resolution 09/01, 27/98);
- a funding commitment to the Indigenous ministries (Resolution 28/01);
- the formal recognition of and commitment to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council (Resolution 36/01); and
- the recognition that matters of native title require resolution (48/98).
The 1998 Synod also passed a bill that ensures that Indigenous people will have representation at General Synod. An Aboriginal and a Torres Strait Islander representative for each of the three houses of synod – bishops, clergy and laity - are to be elected (Canon 17, 1998).