The Bishops of the Anglican Church have called for Australians to show great openness and generosity of spirit to heightened tensions related to the Gulf War.

Already widely recognised as a notable and even controversial preacher, Phillip Jensen, the new Anglican Dean of Sydney, and a self-confessed lover of Sydney, is planning to use his pulpit over the Easter weekend to bring to the city’s residents the real meaning of Easter. Over the Easter period he will be presenting a series of sermons “Jensen on Jesus” at St Andrew’s Cathedral, located in George Street Sydney above Town Hall Train Station.

The Anglican Diocese of Sydney asks church members to pray that tensions in our city may ease, after a student protest held in Sydney Square yesterday degenerated into violence.

The Christian response to war is prayer. Prayer is the most natural supernatural activity. But is it of any use other than making us feel good? What are God’s plans for the world and where does war fit into His plans? And where does this war fit in? And what should we be praying for - hoping for - expecting to happen? Is God on our side?

A Special Prayer Service, which will include a sermon that explores issues surrounding war and peace, will be held at St Andrew’s Cathedral, George Street, Sydney at 10.30am on Sunday 23rd March.

Those of you who read the Australian newspaper may have been surprised to see in the edition, 13 March, 2003, the statement that ‘the Archbishop leaves decisions about the remarriage of divorcees to the local clergy. In the past, all such cases had to get a Bishop’s approval’.

My first sermon from this pulpit - this sermon tonight - is a plea for prayer. It is a self centred plea - a plea for prayer for me. But yet it is also a plea for prayer for all of us who would stand in this wonderful city and call upon it to repent.

The new Anglican Dean of Sydney, well-known Bible teacher and evangelist Phillip Jensen, will be officially welcomed into his new ministry tonight in a special service in the heart of the city’s CBD.

Anglican dioceses across NSW have united to launch an emergency appeal to raise funds for areas hit hardest by the ongoing drought.

We gather today to witness the ordination and commissioning of these people for the full time practice of the Christian ministry. This is a joyful occasion as it represents the culmination of years of preparation and training and also the outcome of a rigorous selection and verification process. For most of them it is like the starting pistol for a whole new kind of life and work. >> Read the entire sermon from the Ordination service. Thirty people were ordained as Deacons (including four women) at the service on February 8. In addition, three women were commissioned as Diocesan Lay Workers to serve in full-time ministry in various roles around the Diocese.

Four women will be among the 30 people ordained as deacons in the Anglican Church, at a service to be held at 10am in St Andrew’s Cathedral on Saturday, February 8.

Archdeacon Trevor Edwards, who is currently Archdeacon of South Sydney in the Diocese of Sydney wrote to the clergy and congregations of South Sydney region early this week to advise them that he has accepted the appointment of Rector of St Matthew's Wanniassa and Archdeacon of South Canberra in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.

It is salutary for Anglicans to remember that some of our Lord's harshest criticism was directed towards those who failed to read the signs of the times - those who refused to believe that the securities of the past were disintegrating, and that contemporary events would result in a whole new state of affairs.

The Rev Ivan Yin Lee will be consecrated as the Anglican Bishop of Western Sydney in a service at St Andrew's Cathedral on Friday, December 20, commencing at 7.30pm. Mr Lee, 46, is currently rector of St Aidan's, Hurstville Grove in the Diocese of Sydney. He will become the only serving Anglican Bishop of Chinese ethnicity in Australia.

Sydney’s Anglican Archbishop, Dr Peter Jensen is calling on Assisted Reproductive Technology centres around Australia to develop technology to freeze sperm and eggs separately. This, he says, would avoid the stockpiling of human embryos, which has led to the Senate’s controversial decision to allow experimentation on surplus IVF embryos.

The Evangelical Alliance is encouraging Christians to view the Harry Potter phenomenon as a significant opportunity to engage with society and present the enduring Christian world view as a positive alternative to the fantasy realm of Harry's world.

Basra, Iraq, 21 November (ENI)--Iraqi Christians fear that a war against Iraq will trigger religious tensions that they say presently don't exist between them and their Muslim compatriots.

The Anglican Church in Sydney has distanced itself from remarks made by Christian Democrat leader, the Rev Fred Nile, that the Muslim hajib should be banned in public places.

Dr Peter Jensen, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, has announced that the Rev Ivan Yin Lee, 46, will be the next Bishop of Western Sydney. When he succeeds the Right Rev Brian King on February 1, 2003, he will become the only serving Anglican Bishop of Chinese ethnicity in Australia.

Extended applause from members greeted the passing of tougher sex abuse rules by the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney last night.