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Dr Ruth Godden is the daughter of Charles and Eva Godden, born the year after Charles was murdered in Vanuatu. She is the author of 'Lolowai: the story of Charles Godden and the western Pacific' (1967).

C.C. Godden was born in Victoria and studied under Nathaniel Jones at Perry Hall, Bendigo and then at Moore College, Sydney. He was ordained in 1900 and worked as curate at St Michael's Surry Hills. He then travelled to Norfolk Island for training at the Melanesian Mission, before going to Omba/Ambae, Vanuatu as a missionary in 1901. He married Eva Dearin while on leave in Sydney in 1905 and they returned to Vanuatu in 1906. He was murdered by a local man, Alamemea, who had been pressed into working on the Queensland cane fields and bore a grudge against white man for the treatment he had received in prison for attempted murder. His daughter Ruth was born in 1907. Godden is remembered as a martyr.

The Global Anglican Future Conference is a global network of evangelical Anglicans. Their stated aim is to "guard and proclaim the unchanging, transforming Gospel through biblically faithful preaching and teaching which frees our churches to make disciples by clear and certain witness to Jesus Christ in all the world." They have held three conferences: Jerusalem 2008, when the seminal Jerusalem Statement was formulated, Nairobi 2013 and Jerusalem 2018. It is led by a Council of Primates, GAFCON Guarantors who oversee vision, strategy and resources, and GAFCON Trustees who ensure legal compliance. Bishop Peter Jensen was the first General Secretary. The Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans is a company set up at the request of the Primates' Council under English charitable law.
Reference: https://www.gafcon.org/about/
National branches of GAFCON are registered under the name 'Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans'.

Percy Walter Gledhill, church and local historian, was a foundation member of the Church of England Historical Society and the Society of Australian Genealogists. His publications document the histories of several Sydney churches.

Nancy Glaubitz was involved with the work of Marella Mission Farm, and volunteered to take several of the children on day trips.

George Carrie Glanville graduated from Moore Theological College in 1902, was ordained Deacon in 1902 and Priest in 1903. He graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Divinity in 1910 and Honours in 1911. After ministries in suburban Sydney, he was the Examining Chaplain of the Archbishopric of Sydney, 1926-1934, and the Vice-Principal of Moore Theological College from 1922-1934. The papers relate to his academic activities.

George Gilbert lived in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and was a friend of Bishop W.G. Broughton.