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 […]
From SydneyAnglicans.net A synod of more than 800 members has overwhelmingly elected Bishop Glenn Davies as the 12th Archbishop of Sydney. Dr Davies replaced Dr Peter Jensen who held the post for 12 years. For much of Archbishop Jensen’s tenure, Dr Davies served with him as the Bishop of North Sydney. The other nominee for […]
Yesterday was the first day of Synod. SydneyAnglicans.net has this report: The Administrator of the Diocese of Sydney, Bishop Robert Forsyth, has stressed the democratic nature of the election of a new Archbishop, saying the outcome would be ‘God at work’. The 2013 gathering marks only the tenth time the Sydney synod has elected a […]
Tonight sees a service officially farewelling Archbishop Peter Jensen and his wife Christine. Archbishop Peter Jensen and Mrs Christine Jensen will be officially farewelled at a large service at St Andrew’s Cathedral on Friday night, 14th of June. Dignitaries such as the Premier, Barry O’Farrell and the Governor, Professor Marie Bashir, will be in attendance […]
