Peter Corney (pastor)

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The Venerable

Peter Corney

OAM
Church Anglican Church of Australia
Diocese Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
Orders
Ordination1966
by  Sir Frank Woods
Personal details
Born
Peter James Corney

(1942-06-17) 17 June 1942 (age 82)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Denomination Anglican
SpouseMerrill Corney
Children3 sons
Education Guilford Grammar School
Alma mater Ridley College
Australian College of Theology
Melbourne College of Divinity

Peter James Corney OAM (born 17 June 1942) is an Australian Anglican theologian and pastor who was the Vicar of St Hilary's Anglican Church between 1975 and 1999. [1]

Corney was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1942. He studied at Guilford Grammar School, matriculating in 1959. From 1960 to 1963, Corney studied at Ridley College in Melbourne. [2] He later went on to study for a graduate in theology at the Australian College of Theology and the University of Melbourne's Melbourne College of Divinity. [1]

During this time, Corney worked for the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne as an assistant curate and later Youth Chaplain between 1966 and 1973. [1] It was in the later 1960s and early 1970s that Corney pioneered a new youth ministry program that saw him work in contemporary Christian worship in counter-cultural manners. This was all innovated at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and at Ridley College. [2]

In 1974, the Anglican parish of St Hilary's in Kew invited him to become their 6th Vicar. He would commence in this role in early 1975; a role in which he maintained until the end of 1999. [1] During Corney's 24 years at St Hilary's, he spearheaded new ways of ministry that were relatively modern. This came in the form of a more contemporary, evangelical outreach, with social justice and a large youth and young adults program. [2] Within a decade of being vicar, he had turned around an ailing local parish, to later become the largest Anglican parish in the Melbourne Diocese; welcoming over 1,000 parishioners every Sunday to worship. [2] Corney eventually stepped down from the position of vicar in 1999. [3] He would continue much of his intellectual and social justice work.

Outside of St Hilary's, Corney researched and lectured at his former alma mater, Ridley College as well as authoring many books and other Christian commentaries on issues occurring throughout the world. [1] [2]

Honours

For the 2007 Australia Day Honours, Corney was conferred the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) "For service to the Anglican Church of Australia, particularly through the development of creative programs to meet contemporary community needs". [4]

In recognition of Corney's work at St Hilary's Anglican Church, the parish named one of their buildings, the Peter Corney Training Centre after him and also honoured him with the honorific title of Vicar Emeritus for the remainder of his life. [3] [5] Subsequently, this granted Corney the new title of 'The Venerable' in exchange of the customary 'The Reverend' in the Anglican tradition.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Who is Peter Corney?". PeterCorney.com. 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Christians and Cultural Transformations". EFAC. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Medal of the Order of Australia entry for The Reverend Peter James CORNEY". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2007. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Peter Corney Training Centre". St Hilary's Anglican Church . 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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