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The Presbyterian Fellowship is an association of members, adherents and supporters of the Presbyterian Church of Australia who are trying to maintain the spirit of the worship, doctrine and practice of the Church as it has been since the various state churches were united in 1901.
The Fellowship recognizes the need for change in a changing world. It supports many of these changes and encourages exploration in new directions which will make the Church and its Faith more relevant to people in the new millennium. This includes the opening up of all areas of ministry and church leadership to women. However, at the same time, it believes that some of the traditions of the church are valuable and need to be maintained and preserved.
In recent years there has emerged a distressing spirit of legalism and intolerance, including anti-women feelings, all of which is threatening the unity and purpose of the church. The Presbyterian Fellowship was set up to be a counter-influence to these attitudes and to provide support for individuals and groups who were being threatened by them. We could be accurately described as an ecclesiastical “resistance movement“.
The Fellowship will continue to exist as long as its members feel that its aims cannot be fulfilled from within the structures of its parent church.
Our Fellowship members are not obliged to adhere to a particular doctrinal position but rather tend to reflect the broad range of opinion traditionally valued within the Presbyterian Church.
However they find common ground in opposing the narrowing and restricting of the principles of honest scholarship and liberty of opinion for which, up till recently, the Presbyterian Church has always been well known and respected.
As an organization we seek productive dialogue, mutual acceptance and shared influence, believing that the Church is enriched by its diversity.
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Welcome to the web-page of the Presbyterian Fellowship
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Annual Meeting 2011
This will be held the in Presbyterian Church at Wentworth Falls (Upper Blue Mountains Charge) Falls Rd, Wentworth Falls on Saturday 21st May 2011 with Rev. Doug Haley, the Assistant Minister at St Andrew's Newcastle as the keynote speaker. Lunch will follow.
The Annual Report of the Executive to the membershipwill be published in a laterissue of the Presbyterian Review.
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News!
The General Assembly in NSW has sent down a remit to Presbyteries on its new rules regarding the appointment of pastoral assistants in congregations. Don't ignore it! It contains an element of sexism that should be addressed before it is allowed to become law.
Click here for more information
General Assembly's remit to approve a ban on women elders now dead in the water.
Click here for more information!
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The Burning Bush window at the Manly Church.
The bush is a symbol of the Presbyterian Church and its motto ‘Nec Tamen Consumebatur’ means ‘However it was not consumed’
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Are you an elder of the church or has anyone in your family, past and present, served as an elder?
Click here to send details to the Ferguson Memorial Library where a register is being maintained
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OUR MAILING ADDRESS
The Presbyterian Fellowship
PO Box 518
Roseville 2069
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PLEASE NOTE: There is no connection between the shadowy “holiness” group operating mostly in Victoria which calls itself “The Fellowship”. Our organisation is registered, publishes an official organ "The Presbyterian Review", operates with a constitution and conducts an annual meeting at which reports on the activities of the group and its finances are presented. The event is advertised and all members are invited to attend. |
The information on these pages is intended to serve a range of people, most particularly Fellowship members and persons concerned at the directions that the church is taking, but also casual inquirers, committed church members, Religious Studies students and others seeking specific information on the subject of the Presbyterian Church. |
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Last Update 7th March 2011 |
