The Gospel of God’s Grace - Presidential Address 2002

I would like to share this article I found at http://sydneyanglicans.net with you: ------------------------------------ The Gospel of God’s Grace - Presidential Address 2002 We have reached this day a moment of decision for us as a Diocese, as a community of Anglican Christians: to help us make the decision, I believe we are going to need above all the perspective of the cross. At the Synod last year (2001) I explained the Mission Statement and goal that had been commended to us by the Diocesan Executive Board and the Standing Committee. I warned members that the call to mission is ‘a call for sacrifice, for change, for unremitting effort, in dependence on God’s Spirit… If we are going to take the challenge of this mission statement seriously, we must be ready to commit ourselves to it by this time next year’. I went on to say this: ‘In effect, it gives us the next year to analyse, to consult, to plan, to pray before we come back to Synod and decide not merely on the budget, but on the mission. I am proposing that at the Synod in 2002 we deliberate on both these connected issues. October 2002 is when we decide to enter the race and respond to the starter’s gun - or we decide that this is not the race we want to enter.’ Read more here: http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/archive/missionthinking/1077a/ ------------------------------------ You can read more stories at http://www.sydneyanglicans.net"