During the final day of Synod for 2007, Sydney Diocese has decided move in step with the Australian Anglican church on the issue of child protection.

After a passionate debate, Sydney Synod has expressed its concern at recent attacks on the penal substitutionary understanding of Christ’s atoning death by some high profile Anglican leaders.

Sydney Anglicans have sent a strong rebuke to the NSW Parliament for its addiction to gaming revenue, as part of a raft of motions which also tackled the problem of gambling within the church.

Sydney is playing host to numerous friends in the Anglican Communion this week. Two Chilean clergy and a bishop from the Democratic Republic of Congo are taking part in Mission Hour at Synod this year as part of their visit.

The funding strategy for Sydney’s Connect 09 campaign has divided Sydney’s Synod, with an alternative means-based charging system narrowly defeated at Wednesday night’s session.

After hearing that a pilot study of six church sites found that four had loose asbestos, Synod yesterday voted unanimously to pass a new law which will help clean up the risk.

Sydney Anglican parishes are set to pay “the price of a movie and a Big Mac” every week for the next three years to fund the resources for Connect 09, Synod heard last night.

The Sydney Diocese reclassified three churches to parish status at Synod yesterday and there are still two more to come.

The Mission presentation at Synod last night has given Sydney Diocese the first glimpses of the new Diocesan strategy, Connect 09.

The Archbishop Peter Jensen says Sydney Anglicans have reached a spiritual mountain of scepticism and secularism that must climbed if the Diocesan Mission is to succeed and the city won for Christ.

Every Sydneysider will receive a Bible in 2009 if Sydney’s annual Synod approves 'Connect 09' this week. The aim of 'Connect 09' is for every Sydney Anglican to contact, connect and communicate with all people currently beyond the reach of church ministry in every region of the Diocese. The distribution of the word of God is key to this strategy, which ties in with the Diocesan Mission. Are you ready to connect?