Anglican Institute

Chapel CommunionWhat is the Anglican Institute?

The Anglican Institute aims to raise up, train and equip future ordained leaders for the Anglican Church in Melbourne and throughout Australia.  We want to have the best possible Anglican ministry formation program, producing gospel focused Anglican leaders for the next generation, for parishes, chaplaincies, theological colleges, and dioceses.

The Anglican Institute has three areas of focus;

  1. Leadership Training and Formation – teaching the core competencies required for effective mission and ministry in the world and providing formation in Anglican worship, prayer and spirituality from the perspective of the evangelical Anglican tradition
  2. Research and Publications - providing opportunities for research into Anglican identity and practice, both its history and its contemporary expression and mission
  3. Conferences - sponsoring lectures and conferences to help churches and leaders be better equipped for future gospel ministry in the world

All Anglican Institute students gather for lunch every Monday and engage in a formation program consisting of guest speakers (Monday Forum) and small group discussions (Ministry Development Groups). As well as this students are trained in practical ministry experience through the Monday afternoon Supervised Theological Field Education Program.

In most cases ordination candidates required to undertake four years of study through a BTh/BMin double degree (the four year double degree is pending government approval) or an MDiv and a one year Graduate Diploma in Theology.

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What do want you to be like when you leave Ridley?

  • Skilled in teaching and preaching the Bible  -  confident in the gospel as “the power of God for salvation”
  • Effective in leadership – you will be able to build teams and set a creative vision for congregations and chaplaincy ministries
  • Gifted in leading public worship  - you will have an understanding the role of liturgy in both formal and informal contexts
  • Mission minded – you will be able to create an evangelistic culture in both traditional Anglican contexts as well as in fresh expressions of church and church plants.
  • Spiritually disciplined – you will be living a life of holiness forged through prayer and regular Bible reading
  • Strong in interpersonal skills – you will be self aware and able to develop healthy relationships with others

How do we achieve these outcomes?

  • We provide you with a rigorous program of teaching in Bible, Theology and Ministry Practice through the MDiv, BTh and BMin courses (see below)
  • You will undertake specialist subjects such as History, Identity, Mission and Ministry of Anglicanism;  Educating, Forming and Training Others; Evangelism Principles; Homiletics; Christian Worship
  • You will learn ‘in the field’ through weekly church and chaplaincy placements
  • You will be exposed to new missional initiatives through week-long intensives with skilled practitioners in church plants and fresh expressions of church
  • You will be mentored by an ordination advisor and by peers in Ministry Development Groups
  • We will give you regular leadership opportunities in Chapel teams and other College activities

How do I become part of this learning community?
If you have been accepted as ordination candidates by a bishop in any diocese then you can join this learning community. Those who are considering Anglican ordination and have begun a formal process of discernment may become Associate members of the Anglican Institute.

Click here for more information about ordination requirements for the Diocese of Melbourne & Network 1:28.