tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post5928289729274410989..comments2024-03-29T17:55:30.203+13:00Comments on Anglican Down Under: Oz and NZ influence on the PNG Anglican church waste of time?Peter Carrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09535218286799156659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-41769713211391178842011-12-19T21:26:01.527+13:002011-12-19T21:26:01.527+13:00Hi Peter,
As Fr Ron states (watch out I'm goin...Hi Peter,<br />As Fr Ron states (watch out I'm going to agree with him for once!), Australia's influence on the PNG Anglican church is quite minimal. The Anglican Board of Missions undertakes development projects there, but in the Anglican church there are very few boots on the ground. Because it has a more Anglo-Catholic tradition, CMS and other evangelical groups have not sent many people there. There are probably more American Christian workers (MAF, WBT/SIL) in PNG working with Bible translation, aviation, radio, etc than there are Australians, despite the proximity. <br />I can understand and appreciate their desire to maintain strong links with the rest of the Communion, and to maintain autonomy and responsibility in our relationships. I respectfully disagree with them that we can make a covenant with member churches that are propagating a false gospel within the Communion, and have yet to repent of it. We have to excise the cancer before we begin rehabilitation.Andrew Reidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915617830446943975.post-5300240954160545802011-12-16T22:50:37.669+13:002011-12-16T22:50:37.669+13:00The history of the Anglican Church in Papua New Gu...The history of the Anglican Church in Papua New Guinea and Melanesia is rather different from that in the Island Nations of the Pacific. Because of their isolation they have kept up a special dependent relationship with the Church of England that is not the same as with N.Z., Australia, or the other Island nations in our area.<br /><br />Consequently, the English Church is much more seen to be an empowering entity for the missionary activity that is still going on in those two Provinces of the Anglican Communion<br /><br />In a way, like the influence of the colonialists, the influence of the Church of England seems to be more important to both PNG and Melanesia<br /><br />Therefore, in their relative isolation, and their lively connection with 'Mother Church', it should not be too surprising that <br />PNG has made this decision, to go along with the ABC. It would not be too surpising, either, if Melanesia made the same decision.<br /><br />The point really is that it is their decision, and no-one else's. Which is how it should be.Father Ron Smithhttp://kiwianglo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com