Bishop Jones

I am Dr Arthur Jones, an Anglican Bishop. I am from the western plains in New South Wales, about 500 kms west of Sydney, Australia. I reflect that bush background as it is displayed in the movie called “Australia”, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. This background has a great respect for core values and integrity and is people-centred. The bishop who ordained me as a priest told me in my first interview with him that I would be all right if I “loved God and loved people”. I have tried with all of my heart to put that into practice. Bishop Leslie commented several years ago that he was pleased with my efforts to follow his advice. Coming from him that meant a lot. Read More…

THE CORE BELIEFS AND THE ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH

CORE BELIEFS OF THE CHURCH

GOD AS CREATOR:

God is the ultimate source of life. This does not necessarily preclude the evolutionary spiral, but it says that the spiral begins in God. The emergence of Adam and Eve as first parents in Genesis signals an exciting outcome of the “Big Bang”, if you like, in Genesis 1:1, “At the very point of beginning, God created the heavens and the earth”. The Christian emphasis is on the Father as Creator, the Son as the co-agent of Creation, and the Holy Spirit “brooding” over the waters of creation to bring life into being. Jesus called God “Abba”, “Father”, and made that concept the foundation of his approach to God as the ultimate Source of all life. Read More…