Every person experiences challenges throughout their life that impact their mental health. A new online course, developed by Rev. Dr Keith and Sarah Condie, seeks to help Christians address these challenges and build resilience in order to “press on” and continue to serve Christ faithfully.

ADM has awarded grants to 18 Christian women who pitched for funding for their growing ministries and gospel-shaped initiatives at the 2021 Annual Funding Event.

Anglican Deaconess Ministries is pleased to announce that Dr Louise Gosbell, currently Acting Principal and Dean of Students at Mary Andrews College, has accepted the role of Principal of Mary Andrews College, effective 24th August 2021.

ADM is delighted to announce that twenty-two women have received grants to support their ministries through the 2020 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in Ministry Support Scheme.

A conversation about mental health and wellbeing, how the gospel speaks into this space and provides hope, as we seek to care for each other well. With Rev. Jo Gibbs, CEO of ADM; Rev. Dr Keith Condie, Co-Director of the Mental Health and Pastoral Care Institute, at Mary Andrews College; and Rev. Lily Strachan, 2021 ADM Fellow.

An important area in Christian ministry is growing and developing leaders. Following the example of Jesus, we want to be on the lookout for future leaders, investing time in them, teaching them, modelling a life of holiness and grace. As disciples of Jesus, we are to make disciples for Jesus – in our whole life, in every relationship in every moment.

Starting in Semester 2, 2021 Mary Andrews College is running a new course – the Graduate Certificate of Pastoral Care for Mental Health. The course offers specialised training in pastoral responses to mental health and wellbeing with a focus on preventative and reactive strategies. It is designed to be a professional development course for men and women who work in ministry, professional health care workers, and Christians working in schools.

On 27th March 2021, we celebrated a bumper crop of MAC graduates at St Andrew’s Cathedral, with two graduation ceremonies - one for the MAC Class of 2021 and one for the 2020 graduates whose graduation was postponed due to COVID-19.

ADM is thrilled to announce that thanks to a generous donor, an additional $10,000 in funding will be available for Christian women with book projects at the 2021 Annual Funding Event.

2020 was a year of change, a year like no other. While it was a stretching year, for many it has brought the opportunity to reflect on our lives and our work, and to consider what the future holds.

Attendees at ADM’s 2021 School of Theology, Culture & Public Engagement look back on how they were shaped by the masterclasses they attended at this year’s online STCPE.

After 11 years of faithful ministry, Rev. Jacinth Myles is retiring from her role at ADM as Chaplain to the Deaconesses and Retired Deacons. She will be replaced by Rev. Jan Donohoo, who will take on the role of ADM Chaplain.

Australians are invited to celebrate together under the theme of ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’. As the NAIDOC Week website notes,“’Always Was, Always Will Be’ recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years.”

The ADM Fellowships program aims to raise up Christian women to engage a sceptical and hurting world with the good news of Jesus, as they serve in our churches, communities, nation and world. It gives Christian women the time, space, finance and collegial support to complete a major project and pursue avenues to engage the public with their work.

ADM is pleased to announce the appointment of Jo Gibbs as its new CEO, effective 17 November 2020.

Each year, Anglican Deaconess Ministries (ADM) welcomes pitches from Christian women around Australia for grants for gospel-shaped initiatives and ministries at all stages. This year’s online event looked very different from previous years, but the focus was still on supporting Christian women who have “identified a need that they’re seeking to address through what they’ve created.”

Mary Andrews College has appointed Dr Louise Gosbell as Dean of Students. The new position has been created to strengthen support for students from application to graduation.

Since ADM launched the Mental Health & Pastoral Care Institute (MHPCI) in 2016, the Institute’s Co-Directors, Keith & Sarah Condie, have been working within Anglican Deaconess Ministries to resource the local church throughout Australia in mental health and pastoral care. On July 1, a new season started for the Institute and its two Co-Directors.

Following Polly’s ordination in February 2020, it was back to school, but not for long. The global pandemic upended the year’s plans. That meant she and the team of which she’s a part— under the leadership of Chaplain Rev. Jenni Stoddart, also Chair of ADM’s board—had to rethink school chaplaincy without losing their passion.

Dr Natasha Moore’s address for ADM’s 2019 Annual Public Lecture provided an insightful, far-reaching and even optimistic guide through what she called, “The Pleasures of Pessimism: On hope, culture and the end of the world”. Then came a pandemic. And we at ADM wondered how the new isolation affected Dr Moore’s perspective.