Yesterday marked the start of the Sydney Diocese Synod. In his presidential address [pdf] (video available here) Archbishop Glenn Davies covered a range of areas, including our combined reponse to the Syrian refugee crisis and the challenge of a growing metropolis. But the section that the media picked up on (and understandably so) was when he […]
Archbishop Glenn Davies was recently interviewed by Dominic Steele on local radio 2CH about the Anglican Diocese of Sydney‘s response to the news that Australia will be taking 12,000 Syrian refugees. Well worth your time…
Archbishop Glenn Davies of Sydney has issued the following letter today to all parishes (see also story at SydneyAnglicans.net): On Sunday I issued a press release calling upon the government to increase the intake of refugees, given the Syrian crisis, and to call upon our churches to pray for the dispossessed and persecuted. Today’s news […]
Kanishka Raffel, who was announced as the new Dean of Sydney Anglican Cathedral this Sunday, was good enough to sit down this weekend and answer a few questions for our readers. I’m very grateful to Kanishka for giving this time in what is an obviously very busy few days! 1. What will you miss most […]
Announcements have been made this morning in both Sydney and Perth that the new dean of Sydney Cathedral is Kanishka Raffel, currently the Rector at St Matthew’s Shenton Park in Perth where his bio reads as follows: Kanishka was born in London to Sri Lankan parents and was raised as a Buddhist. While studying law at […]
In the last few weeks a bit of a debate has kicked off here in Sydney over the difficult question of domestic violence (“DV”) and our response as evangelicals, and particularly as Sydney Anglicans, to it. It all began with an article by journalist Julia Baird in the smh, “Submission is a fraught mixed message […]
The following motion was passed in the last hour by the 50th Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. 9.23 Global Anglicanism Synod – (a) gives God thanks for the success of GAFCON 2013 (Global Anglican Future Conference) being made up of 1358 delegates from 39 countries including the 99 delegates from Australia, (b) recognises that GAFCON […]
Archbishop Glenn Davies has announced in his presidential address to the synod of Sydney that the new bishop of the Georges River Region is to be Rev. Peter Lin. Peter is currently the rector of St Barnabus, Fairfield and Bossley Park, where he has served since 1998. He has been a chaplain to candidates for […]
SydneyAnglicans.net asked me to write an article about why I went on the show. Engaging with society and culture has always been tricky for Christians. “In the world but not of it” is a helpful guide but what do we do when the world pushes up against us? Is it better to withdraw? Stand our […]
A bit of a storm today over the issue of the Sydney Anglican Diocese’s position on the Government’s Schools Chaplaincy progamme. It all kicked off this morning with an “exclusive” article in the smh, “Anglicans: No chaplains, scripture in public schools“: As the Federal Government considers the fate of its National School Chaplaincy Program after […]
