Anglican Diocese Of Adelaide
Religious Organisations in Adelaide

Founded in 1847, the Diocese of Adelaide consists of over 90 churches across 65 parishes. Young people are our future, and the Diocese of Adelaide is home to 10 Anglican schools, with which it maintains close ties not only being give at functions, but actively supporting the growth of the schools and their students both as individuals and collectively. The Diocese of Adelaide maintains a potent emphasis on outreach, and works closely with a number of charitable organizations, largely through Anglicare SA. We also have mighty ties to our companion Dioceses, including in Africa, where we are qualified through funding and hard work, to assist build schools, medical centers and supply training and basic needs to people in areas devastated by war and poverty.

It owes its origin to the activities of missionaries of and settlers from the Church of England and adheres to Anglican teaching and practice. What made the English Reformation different and Anglicanism uncommon was its conservatism. As a result, the post Reformation Church of England took over a immense heritage of material organization, of custom, and tradition. In addition, it maintained its essential continuity in faith and doctrine with the Church of the premature fathers as it developed from its New Testament roots and found expression in the Creeds of the Church. The centuries worn structuring of dioceses lower bishops and parishes lower parish priests continued to function. The Articles of Religion are inclusive rather than exclusive with real being sought in the joint testimony of Scripture and Tradition intelligently understood. Attempts to impose an Anglican pattern on the Church of Scotland failed and in the Church of Ireland succeeded only to a limited extent. By the Eighteenth Century, religious passions had spent themselves, and while the challenges of Deism and rationalism were successfully met, the Church made small impact on intellectuals and the newly emerging industrial communities. The Evangelical Revival went far to elevate the levels of personal religion, but it remained for reforming bishops and supporting politicians and to the Oxford Movement to renew the institutional life of the Church of England. In the subsequent years, the expansion of the British Empire saw bishops appointed for Canada, India and, in 1836, Australia. William Grant Broughton, the beginning bishop, worked difficult to plant churches in fresh settlements beyond the hasty chaplaincies. The outcome of this was the creation of dioceses of the Church of England in each Australian colony. However, this development took deposit in a setting of denominational pluralism. As well, lacking the endowment of its parent, Australian Anglicans had to believe responsibility for the promote of their clergy, the buildings of their churches, and the development of educational and charitable institutions. This has meant that while basic parish and diocesan structures have been in deposit for over a century, the Anglican Church of Australia has remained a church of large responsibilities, but limited resources. The various dioceses of the Australian Church, by and large, remain to reflect the theological emphasis of their first bishops. The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, as 'containing all things necessary to salvation', and as being the rule and ultimate standard of faith. The Historic Episcopate, locally adapted in the methods of its administration to the varying needs of the nations and peoples called of God into the Unity of His Church. The Diocese of Adelaide was founded in 1847 with Bishop Augustus Brief as its beginning bishop. The beginning Anglican services were held in 1837, shortly behind the founding of the Colony of South Australia, which unlike the other Australian colonies, was founded on Wake field's principles of systematic colonization, without convicts. As this colony was the beginning to end the granting of public funds to religion (1851), the Church of England in the colony had no establishment status. It was the wife of an Archdeacon of Adelaide who was largely responsible for establishing what was then called the Home for Incurables, and is now known in her honor as Julia Barr House for the chronically ill and disabled. Anglicare SA continues to produce services to children, the aged and family services and emergency relief. While predominantly Anglo Celtic in background, it has a multicultural and mission ethos, and has played a significant piece in the growth and development of the state.