2019 ADM Senior Research Fellow, Rev. Dani Treweek, reflects on singleness, celibacy and why celibacy is not coloured “with golds and silvers and otherworldly tones”, but is simply “a life of grace-enabled, Godly obedience.”

2018 ADM Senior Research Fellow, Monica Cook, speaks with Dominic Steele on ‘The Pastors Heart’, about how pastors might do a better job in talking about sex.

In the wake of the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, 2021 ADM Senior Fellow Stephanie Kate Judd looks back at her own family’s experiences of ageing and asks if we have diminished or devalued what it is to be human in later life.

In reflecting on Disney's latest release "Raya and the Last Dragon", 2020 ADM Senior Fellow Amanda Mason asks "What could be Australian churches’ collective love letter to the Southeast Asians among us?"

Could Australian Christian communities do as Disney did?

A desire to learn, to know God and be known by God and bring others under the sound of the gospel of grace motivated Deaconess Dorothy Black through her 70 years of service.

Mrs Dorothy Black (nee Lennox) is Sydney’s oldest living deaconess and today celebrates 70 years of being set apart for Christian service as a deaconess with the Anglican Church.

Rev. Craig Roberts, CEO of Youthworks, gives an overview of 2021 ADM Senior Research Fellow, Dr Ruth Lukabyo’s, 2020 monograph, “From a Ministry for Youth to a Ministry of Youth: Aspects of Protestant Youth Ministry in Sydney 1930–1959”.

In any group of people, including churches, there will be people who have , unfortunately, experienced domestic abuse.

Keith and Sarah Condie, Co-director’s of ADM’s Mental Health Institute, presented on this important issue at Vine Church, Sydney. They shared how we can recognise signs of physical, emotional and other forms of abuse, and respond well.

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It is often difficult for those in the excitement of a new relationship to realise when it is a potentially destructive one. But there are almost always signs. This article from Mamamia describes really well the push-pull techniques used by abusive and controlling partners in the earlier stages of a relationship.

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“A bond of union and sympathy” 100 Years Ago, Deaconesses battled the Influenza epidemic

They didn’t have Zoom. But the Deaconesses in Sydney were well prepared to care for those around them during the “Spanish flu” pandemic of 1919…

A Global Ministry of Love: Deaconess Elaine Doust

1956 was a turning point for Elaine as she embarked on a life-time decision to serve the community that would take her around the globe in Christ-centred service.

There are many sociological and historical theories of change but rarely is prayer taken seriously as a radical and disruptive political force. In this lecture, Sarah Williams will draw on stories of the past to explore the role of prayer in moments of political and cultural upheaval, and to inspire us to pray in fresh ways for our culture.

Rev. Canon Dr Alison Milbank's keynote lecture at STCPE 2019

The Rev. Canon Dr Alison Milbank’s opening keynote lecture at the School of Theology, Culture & Public Engagement in January 2019.

Scheduled around this year’s Annual Funding Event, ADM will host Dr. Michaela O’Donnell Long from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA as a Visiting Fellow. ADM caught up with her recently and asked her the following questions…

Have wheels ... will travel

Read Eternity News’ story of Bush Church Aid’s Van Missioners, sent out to regional, remote and rural Australia to reach people with the lifesaving message of Jesus Christ. In March 1926, Deaconesses Grace Syms and Madeline de Labilliere became the first women to leave Sydney in the Women’s Van.

Many Christians have taught that “turning the other cheek” in the Bible means we are always supposed to respond as mice in the face of wrongdoing. But part of the nuanced wisdom of the Bible is giving us an appropriate response to conflict in differing situations, from small disagreements to serious issues like domestic abuse, where a touch of lion may sometimes be more helpful.

Read the article by 2017 ADM Research Fellow Amelia Schwarze on Propel Women

Last Head Deaconess Remembered: The Kindness of Jean Standfield

 Deaconess Jean Standfield is remembered by friends as a model of kindness and faithful ministry.

Deaconess Doreen Garrick honoured with local achievement award

Deaconess Doreen Garrick has been recognised with a 2019 local achievement award for community leadership of Goodwin Retirement Village, Woolahra.

Eulogy: Deaconess Jean Hughes

Deaconess Jean Hughes died on the 11th October, 2018. She was not very tall, but don’t be fooled by the little North Shore Lady –beneath the David Jones jacket, the pearls, the neatly permed hair and the White Linen perfume, was a highly intelligent, very organised, very caring woman, always one step ahead, with a great love of family, community and a deep Christian faith. 

Not sinless perfection, but a faithful servant: Pat Nelson

From the slums of Surry Hills to a prestigious north shore school, Pat Nelson took on a number of challenges in her ministry. But God was not only working through her but in her, as he humbled her heart and led her closer to him.