This summer will bring about a huge change for Jamie Allen. Without hesitation, the Taranaki Cathedral Dean will be able to don a short-sleeved shirt and hit the beach with his family. “It’s incredibly liberating,” said Allen, who has spent the past six years consciously covering the tattoos that cover much of his body. Aware Read more
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New Anglican Dean installed in Wellington
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
The new Anglican Dean of Wellington, the Very Rev Digby Wilkinson, was installed as the seventh dean and vicar of the parish of Thorndon on 26 January. He was installed at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, surrounded by leaders of the Central Baptist Church in Palmerston North, where he previously served. He described the Read more
2 churches choose their leader from different denomination
Friday, July 12th, 2013
For the second time in a week a church has appointed a person from another denomination as its leader. The vicar of St Matthew-in-the-City, Glynn Cardy, is leaving his Anglican church to lead a Presbyterian church in Remuera, Auckland. Last week the Anglican church appointed Digby Wilkinson, the senior pastor at Palmerston North’s Central Baptist Church, to be the Dean Read more
Wellington’s new Dean tells his saga of sin and redemption
Friday, July 5th, 2013At the height of his spending addiction, Wellington’s new Anglican dean Digby Wilkinson was “in a black hole” and didn’t know if he would ever get out. In 2003, the pastor was 37 years old and addicted to spending, going as far as committing insurance fraud and stealing from members of his church to fuel Read more