Posts Tagged ‘Anglican Bishop of Wellington Justin Duckworth’

Solidarity with 10,001 Palestinian children killed in Gaza

Thursday, March 14th, 2024
Palestinian children

Recently in Christchurch, a 40m banner inscribed with 10,001 names of Palestinian children killed in Gaza formed a visual expression of Christian and community solidarity and a call for justice in peace. From pre-schoolers to pensioners, about 75 people joined for portions of a 36km walk on Saturday 9 March. The distance symbolically mirrors the Read more

Convicted burglar to lead church

Thursday, November 17th, 2022

A Baptist pastor who is about to become Wellington’s new Dean of the Anglican church comes with a chequered past, including convictions for fraud and burglary of a parishioner’s house – all while he was a Bay of Plenty pastor. But the church says Lloyd (known as Digby) Wilkinson is an “ideal” candidate who has Read more