The Presbyterian Church of Australia, particularly through its Victorian Assembly, has been developing links with churches in Africa, one of which, I believe, is the Presbyterian Church in Malawi.
Steve Salyards, at G.A. Junkie (yep, that’s what he calls his blog) has news about arrangements by which “the three synods of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian in Malawi have agreed to an arrangement that would end their dispute over having churches in each others’ territory. The synods have essentially agreed to become non-geographic or flexible synods.” ‘News From The CCAP: Synods Become Flexible And An Ecumenical Alliance To Monitor Democracy.’
The article provides lots of links to background materials for those who came in late.
Maybe someone from Victoria with some knowledge may comment on this in days to come.
This is also interesting on a global level since it seems to be yet another example of a continuing breakdown of the geographic principle for grouping churches together and a move towards networks based on theological or cultural affinity, not location.
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