Does The Church Have A Future?

In this session, Jane Kennedy hands over to Joel Hollier, a member of our Advisory Committee, to chat with Rev Radhika Sukumar-White and Will Small. Joel, Rads and Will, along with Rev Dr Christine Redwood, are part of Future Church Conference where conversations like this one are taking place to determine what the future of the church in Australia could look like. Inclusive, diverse and justice-oriented, bare minimum. Small, community focussed and trauma sensitive, yes and more. Listen to the stories of their congregation members, the ways in which they hold them and the ways they are seeking to be safer spaces for people who want to hold on to faith but can no longer be part of an institution.

We acknowledge the Indigenous people of the lands we have recorded on. Our speakers and hosts are located on Aboriginal Country all across the lands now called Australia and Maori lands across Aoteoroa. We pay our respect to Indigenous elders who are custodians of these lands and extend that respect to any Indigenous people attending our event.