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We have gathered names of as many Australian women preaching to mixed congregations we can find. 

This list is recommended by our community and is not necessarily an endorsement from FHE and we strongly encourage you to undertake your own res. Of course, the Uniting Church, Salvation Army, Lutheran and most pentecostal churches  in Australia are known for having many women in leadership and preaching roles within their church community. So for this reason we have not included them below, unless specifically known to us personally. . 

Note that since 1922, the Anglican Diocese of Sydney has upheld that women are permitted to teach and preach in congregational settings of men and women. Not all churches permit this sadly, despite the  Ordination of Women to the Priesthood of the Anglican Church report (Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney, 1984), Peter Jensen, Peter O’Brien, David Peterson, Paul Barnett, Harry Goodhew, et al.) and a follow up report in 1987.  The only position that women in Sydney are not permitted to hold is that of Senior Minister.  In other words, all churches in Sydney have permission to have women on the preaching roster.  See Doctrine Commission Report: 9/84 Ordination of Women to the Priesthood of the Anglican Church -and Doctrine Commission Report: 8/87 The Ministry of Women ​

 


NEW SOUTH WALES

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ANGLICAN

Austinmer & Thirroul

  • Davis, Gillian

  • McCoy, Liz

  • Potts, Wendy

  • Thomas, Jane

 

Blayney Parish

  • Cameron, Dr Marcia

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Christ Church St Laurence

  • Bellhouse, Rev Catherine
     

Christ Church, West Goulburn

  • Krebs, Anna
     

Cobbity​

  • Isles, Denva
     

Denham Court

  • Stoneman, Rev Jackie

  • Mills, Rev Marge

  • Myles, Rev Jacinth
     

Diocese of Grafton

  • Sparks, Ven Tiffany
     

Figtree

  • Smith, Ruth
     

Kangaroo Valley

  • Paterson, Cecily
     

Kiama Church

  • Thomasen, Kim
     

Macquarie, Eastwood

  • Tharion, Laura
     

Northern Albury

  • Carden, Cathy
     

Parish of Coolamon Ganmain (Riverina Diocese)

  • Bedding, Jeni
     

Parish of Mt Vincent / Kurri Kurri / Weston

  • Trimby, Rev Kathy

 

Port Macquarie, St Thomas' Anglican Church 

  • Smith, Rev Leanne

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South Head, Watsons Bay

  • Irwin, Jamie

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South Wagga

  • Bagshaw, Clair

  • Polkinghorne, Kylie
     

St Aiden's Longueville

  • Jan Rees

 

St Andrew’s, Roseville

  • Bell, Mell

  • Hughes, Ness
     

St Barnabas, Broadway

  • Hammond, Naomi

  • Knights, Rachel

  • Leung, Stephanie
     

St Faith’s, Narrabeen

  • MacGregor, Rosemary
     

St James’ King Street, Sydney

  • Eaton, Rev’d Catherine

  • Farmer, Rev’d Elaine

  • Lock, Nicky

  • Mathieson, Rev’d Dr Erica
     

St James, Croydon

  • Andrews, Rev Caroline
     

St John’s, Camden

  • Dyason, Leah
     

St John’s, Darlinghurst

  • Peart, Rev Nerida
     

St John’s, Glebe

  • Golsby-Smith, Sarah

  • Leask, Julie

  • Prentice, Alex
     

St John’s, Gordon

  • Lum, Jennifer
     

St Mark’s, Darling Point

  • Isaacs, Dr Fiona

  • Philp, Rev Michelle
     

St Mary’s, Balmain

  • Syme, Jan

  • Woods, Cathy

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St Oswald's, Haberfield

  • Moffitt, Alison

 

St Paul's, Burwood

  • King, Rosemary

  • McDonald, Natalie
     

St Paul’s, Castle Hill

  • Gravitis, Cathy

  • Mandi-Manga, Erica

  • Pigot, Naomi

  • Stephens, Linda

  • Stoddart, Rev Jenni

  • Turner, Holly
     

St Swithun’s, Pymble

  • Caldwell, Judy

  • Edwards, Christine

  • Halsall, Catherine

  • Kardell, Edith

  • Killen, Hannah

  • Knuckey, Margaret

  • Miflin, Bernadette

  • Phillips, Kirsten
     

The Bridge

  • Crain, Jodi

  • McNicol, Rowena

  • Newton-Brown, Sarah
     

Wyoming

  • Carswell, Lea
     

BAPTIST

Avalon Peace

  • Longley, Dr Sally
     

Bayside Community

  • Kent, Gayle
     

Berowra

  • McPherson, Rev Christine

 

Beverly Hills

  • Booth, Alison

  • Leader, Alison​
     

Blackheath

  • Warren, Lillian
     

Blakehurst

  • Barraclough, Gabbi
     

Campsie Arise & Impact

  • Sastradjaja, Frencing
     

Caringbah

  • Altman, Rev Carolyn
     

Cessnock

  • Jones, Lindy
     

Coastpoint, Avoca

  • Eccelston, Louise
     

Crossway Oak City

  • Burke, Jess
     

Epping

  • Long, Rev Kirsten
     

Erina Community

  • Macourt, Louisa
     

Frenchs Forest

  • Freeman, Ainsley
     

Green Point

  • Jorgenson, Charlotte
     

Gymea

  • Lawler, Roxane
     

Haberfield Life

  • Takashima, Elise
     

Harbourside

  • Martin, Kara
     

Hawkesbury Valley

  • O’Connor, Amity

 

Helensburgh

  • ​​
     

Kiama

  • Beddoe, Allyson
     

Maitland

  • Ruigrok, Jasmine
     

Manly Life

  • Giovanelli, Victoria

  • Hardwick, Lani
     

Menai

  • Reynolds, Rev Ash

  • Wiles, Rev Jess
     

Merrylands

  • McLeay, Danelle
     

Narraweena H3

  • Duncan, Jess
     

Narara Valley

  • Ryan, Kaye

  • Salan, Meghan
     

NewHope, Kellyville

  • Corr, Jade
     

North Parramatta

  • Bates, Kathy
     

Northside, Crows Nest

  • Watkins, Rev Amy
     

Padstow

  • Wendt, Anne
     

Riverstone

  • Crowe, Sam
     

Rouse Hill

  • Edmondson, Rev Kate

  • Hirst, Colleen

  • Powell du Toit, Rev Dr Megan

  • Yule, Nicole
     

Ryde

  • Rehrmann, Rev Toni
     

Seaforth Open Baptists

  • Redwood, Rev Dr Christine
     

Springwood

  • Hunter, Annie

  • Kent, Barb

  • Onslow, Gillian

  • Stuhr, Rachel
     

Swansea

  • O'Brien, Lyn
     

Sydney

  • Saicholkhongsuk, Rev Nun
     

The Local

  • Langton, Cass

  • Morgan, Sarah
     

Thornleigh Community

  • Dennis, Naomi

  • Ridler, Lara

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Thornleigh Chinese Australian

  • Tsai, Rev Christy
     

West Ryde Community Open Baptists

  • Clarke, Rev Jenni

  • Kidson, Lyn

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West Ryde Chinese Australian

  • Fu, Rev Gloria

  • Shum, Rev Dr Amy

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OTHER

C3 New Hope, Blue Mountains

  • Service, Dr Jacqueline
     

Camden Valley

  • Fitzgerald, Amanda
     

Centrepoint Vineyard​

  • Bond, Diana

  • Henry, Kath

  • Ives, Tanya

  • Pereira, Gill
     

Imagine Nations, Orchard Hills

  • Grey, Dr Jacqueline
     

Kingsway Community

  • Wilton, Jo
     

Northridge Vineyard, Thornleigh

  • Downes, Kathy

  • Gelding, Rebecca

  • Giles, Bonnie

  • Harding, Anna
     

Springwood Presbyterian

  • Dove, Jane

  • McGilvray, Jill
     

The Grainery, Newcastle

  • Baker, Rachel

  • Irwin, Sue

  • Murrill, Bev
     

Tregear Presbyterian Community

  • Newmarch, Georgina

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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL CITY 

ANGLICAN
Gungahlin

  • Wallwork, Kia

 

Renew Anglican Church, Greenway (Tuggeranong)

  • Boxwell, Anna


St John’s Anglican, Reid

  • Erickson, Amy
     

St Alban’s Anglican Church, Woden

  • Milliken, Natalie
     

BAPTIST

Dickson

  • Wood, Heidi
     

Evatt Mosaic campus

  • Gray, Mandy
     

Hughes

  • Ginn, Marsha
     

Kingston

  • Carpentier, Penelope

  • Groves, Belinda
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OTHER​
Red Hill 

  • Reay-Smith, Jillian



VICTORIA

ANGLICAN

All Saints Greensborough

  • Blinco-Smith, Julie

  • Pinchbeck, Gail

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Banyule / Greensborough​

  • Nichols, Rev Canon Denise

  • Lou, Xiaoxi 

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Croajingalong, Gippsland

  • Benton, Rev Jude

Deep Creek Doncaster

  • Curlis-Gibson, Megan

  • McConnell, Rachel

  • Mower, Bec

  • Shirmast, Leili
     

Glen Waverley

  • Boyd, Julia

  • Brand, Maria

  • Lynch, Amanthi

  • Wilkinson, Bre
     

Holy Trinity Anglican, Benalla

  • Clark, Ven Melissa
     

Holy Trinity, Elwood

  • Watts, Kathryn
     

Holy Trinity Williamstown

  • Murray, Elizabeth

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Inner West, Flemington

  • Byrnes, Kirsten

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Living Waters Ocean Grove & Barwon Heads

  • Rankin, Rev Liz
     

Merri Creek Anglican

  • Miller, Beck
     

Mount Eliza

  • Brown, Amy

  • Cummings, Tanya
     

Philip Island

  • Hanlon, Ruth
     

Ridley Chapel

  • Firth, Rev Dr Jill
     

Ridley College Chapel / St Augustine’s / St Aidan’s Merri-bek

  • Craven, Rev Dr
     

St Alban’s & St Augustine’s

  • Cook, Angela
     

St Edwards Blackburn South

  • McCoy, Rev Jill
     

St Hilary's Kew - North Balwyn and Mont Albert

  • Lincke, Rev Amanda
     

St John’s Diamond Creek

  • Matthews, Delle
     

St John’s Flinders with St Mark’s Balnarring

  • Jones, Kieron
     

St John’s Toorak

  • Crouch, Rev Dr Wendy
     

St Judes Carlton

  • Rosner, Natalie
     

St Judes Parkville

  • McGrice, Ali
     

St Judes Unichurch

  • Carnaby, Caitlin
     

St Matthias, North Richmond​​

  • Webster, Rev Elizabeth
     

St Paul’s Cathedral, Bendigo

  • Payne, Emily
     

St Paul’s Cathedral Melbourne

  • Blackwell, Bishop Genevieve

  • Lauersen, Rev Tracy
     

St Paul’s, Sale

  • Terpstra, Rev Keren

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St Philip's, Mount Waverley

  • Newmarch, Rev Ruth

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St Thomas, Burwood

  • Chen, Tracy

  • Chua, Naomi

  • Clarke, Dr Denise

  • Gijsbers-Hayman, Rachel

  • Morris, Karen
     

Surfcoast Anglican

  • Valentino, Sharon

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The Field, Hawthorn

  • Buckley, Lex

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BAPTIST

Ashburton

  • Lambert, Katrina

  • White, Sharyn
     

Collins Street

  • Francis, Rev Carolyn
     

Crossway

  • Packett, Heather

  • Rutherford, Brooke
     

Essendon Community

  • Dealy, Joanne

 

Hawthorn West

  • Griffiths, Rev Sylvia
     

New Hope

  • Agostino, Julie
     

Newport

  • Hunt, Julie
     

Sanctuary

  • Sampson, Rev Alison

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OTHER

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Yarra Valley Vineyard

  • Hocking, Di



TASMANIA

ANGLICAN


Brighton

  • Gillie, Rev Tegan


Burnie

  • Hercott, Jen
     

Deloraine

  • Totterdell, Rev Barb

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Launceston

  • Crouch, Rev Kristy

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New Town

  • King, Rev Marilyn

 

Sandy Bay

  • Hensher, Rev Andrea

 

South Hobart

  • Fraser, Rev Dr Emily​​
     

St David’s Cathedral, Hobart

  • Johnson, Rev Catriona
     

Wellspring

  • Hensher, Andrea

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA

ANGLICAN

Adelaide Diocese​

  • Phillips, Helen - Flourishing Ministries

  • Phillips, Janet - Priest and chaplain to the Archbishop

  • Relf-Christopher, Assistant Bishop Sophie

  • Riley, Jones - Principal of St Barnabas Theological College

 

Ardrossan Diocese

  • Smith, Christine


Copper Coast

  • Brand, Sheridan

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Eastern Eyre Peninsula (locum)

  • Thom, Helena

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Flinders Plain

  • Allen, Lettie

 

Gawler

  • Peterson, Donna

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Holy Innocents, Belair

  • Bullock, Paula

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Kangaroo Island Anglicans

  • Lewis, Mary Elizabeth

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Port Lincoln

  • Johnson, Susan - Archdeacon of Eyre

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Southern Flinders

  • Wiles, Sarah

  • Cooper, Wendy

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St Andrew's Walkerville

  • Gracey, Tracey

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St Ann’s, Aldinga

  • Shaw, Sally

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St Jude's, Brighton

  • McDougall, Andrea - Archdeacon for Torrens

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St Luke's Modbury

  • Smith, Jo - Archdeacon for the Para

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St Luke's Whitmore Square

  • Devasagayam, Rev Dr Gethzi - Lecturer in OT at St Barnabas college; President of Mothers Union

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St Matthew’s, Kensington

  • Harris, Fiona

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St Michael's Mitcham

  • Jeanes, Deborah

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St Peter's Cathedral

  • Claring-Bould, Joan - Honorary Assistant Priest 

  • di Francesco, Canon Mara and Regional Chaplain (Anglicare)

  • Wilson, Canon Jenny - Precentor; Lecturer St Barnabas College

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St Philip's Somerton Park

  • Paull-Hunt, Barbara

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St Richard's, Lockleys

  • Sanford-Morgan, Sally 

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Wakefield (Clare)

  • Lang, Louise

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Willochra Diocese

  • Ford, Anna - Priest and chaplain to the Bishop

  • Johanssen, Gael - Administrator and Archdeacon for Ministry & Formation 



BAPTIST

Aberfoyle Park

  • Hornsell, Jaimee

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Blackwood Hills

  • Walding, Sara

 

Broadview

  • Berlemon, Miria

  • Davis, Tamie

  • Foster, Rachael

  • Seglenieks, Steph
     

Camden

  • Bishop, Trisha
     

Christie’s Beach

  • Gardiner, Julie
     

Clovercrest

  • Jackson, Ash

  • Stevens, Michelle
     

Edwardstown

  • Potts, Yasmin

  • Wilson, Sarah
     

Enfield

  • Burgess, Casey

  • Frost, Jess

  • Spavin, Erin

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Gateway (Albert Park)

  • Tan, Erica

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Grange

  • Henderson, Sally

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Knightsbridge

  • Ackers, Mary
     

Laura

  • Pryor, Jenny

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Mount Gambier/Penola

  • Cane, Tracey

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Parkside

  • Edwardes, Annabel

 

Richmond

  • Cousins, Melinda​
     

Rostrevor

  • McInerney, Esther

  • Millard, Michaela

 

​The Church on Albert (Mitcham)

  • Gregory, Nona

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Trinity

  • Russack, Chelsea
     

Unley Park

  • Ames, Sarah

  • Dixon, Miranda​

 

Victor Harbor

  • Stewart, Leona

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West Beach

  • Turner, Cathy

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANGLICAN

 

Bunbury

  • Buckley, Sally

 

BAPTIST
 

Carey

  • Siggins, Rev Karen
     

Inglewood

  • Wight, Ps Shell
     

Lesmurdie

  • Warwick, Ruth
     

Western Australia Next Gen Pastor

  • Hosking, Rev Mim
     

Perth

  • Wilson, Rev Karen
     

Riverton / High Wycombe

  • Lakelin, Ps Belinda
     

Rockingham

  • Velebir, Rev Christine



NORTHERN TERRITORY

ANGLICAN

St James, Darwin

  • Ray, Rev Suzie
     

St Luke’s, Palmerston

  • Black, Rev Margaret



BAPTIST

Bush Church (Humpty Doo)

  • Crook, Sharon


Casuarina

  • Good, Chris
     

Darwin

  • Thavare, Vandana

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QUEENSLAND

ANGLICAN

Coolum Church

  • Allen, Karen
     

Diocese of Brisbane

  • Crossley, Rev Lynda
     

Holy Trinity, Woolloongabba

  • Gardiner, Rev Rosemary
     

Noosa

  • Johnson, Lynda
     

St Paul’s Ashbury

  • Wesley, Rev Dr Margaret

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The Gap, Brisbane

  • Couchman, Sonia

  • Edwards, Rev Ann

  • Payne, Rev Robin



BAPTIST

Ashgrove

  • Pfeffer, Rev Lorraine

 

Gateway

  • Wood, Christine
     

North East, Nundah

  • Cossgrove, Tracey
     

Riverlife

  • Cowan, Aimee

  • Taylor, Petrea

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Stafford Heights

  • Jayawardhana, Gwenda
     

The Grove

  • Mendall, Maddy



OTHER
Newlife Uniting, Robina

  • Jung, Megan 

 

Pine Rivers Vineyard

  • Delaney, Nicole​
     

St Lucia Uniting, Brisbane

  • Smith, Dr Mandy

  • Abernathy, Emily

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