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Sermon four in a series entitled 'Answering Wrong Assumptions' delivered by Simon Manchester at…
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“The local parish is where the action is and that’s where we’re going to change the world. I see the role of bishop, in one sense, as just enabling people to grow the local churches. That’s my passion, really.”
The Rt Rev Ivan Lee began his ministry as Bishop of Western Sydney in February 2003 after more than twenty years of parish ministry in Sydney and Melbourne. He succeeds Bishop Brian King who served the Western Region as Bishop from 1993.
Present position:
2003 - Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Sydney (Western Sydney Region)
Qualifications:
MTC - 1980
ThL ACT - 1979
BD (London) - 1980
ACT MTh - 1997
Made Deacon 1981
Ordained Presbyter 1981
Consecrated Bishop 2003
Ministry Experience:
Assistant Minister - St Matthew’s Manly : 1981 - 1983
Assistant Minister - St Bede’s Beverley Hills : 1983 - 1985
Rector - St Matthew’s Merrylands West : 1985 - 1990
Senior Associate Minister - St Jude’s Carlton (Diocese of Melbourne) 1990 - 1997
Rector - St Aidan’s Hurstville Grove : 1997- 2003
Area Dean - Salt Pan Creek : 2002

Kel Richards and Dean Phillip Jensen discuss recent insights into the Sydney Diocese made by Mark Driscoll.…
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