06/08/2026
Hey Village family and friends,
Advice from our Sydney Anglican leaders is to make an effort to mark your religion in the Census as Anglican.
Although at first this might sound counter-intuitive Bishop Stead explains;
“We've encouraged people to think of their primary identity as in Christ, not as Anglican,” he said. “That's true, but when it comes to the Census, it's important to know how many Anglican Christians there are, because that headline number is used by the government, as it thinks about things like hospital chaplaincy funding and school ministries and aged care provision and things like that.
“So to have an accurate measure of the number of people who identify as Anglican Christians, it is important for people to tick the Anglican box.”
(Read the full article https://bit.ly/4hAgdur - and the youtube chat here: https://youtu.be/6ILowyy1KXs?si=YmGme7z9R0LYSrzH)
Grace and peace,
Village Team