Anglicans: Sydney Style

With Sydney’s Synod starting on Monday, ABC TV’s Compass is looking at the diocese on Sunday night at 9:55pm. Might be worth checking out.

“Sydney is home to a third of Australia’s Anglicans. The Diocese is well known for being staunchly evangelical, for opposing the ordination of women and for its emphasis on the Biblical and personal conversion. This programs looks at the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, its spiritual battle against modernising trends and the evangelical ministry at the heart of its identity.”

Newcastle Synod this weekend

The Synod of the Diocese of Newcastle meets this weekend and will discuss the first ever Strategic Plan for the diocese –

Bishop Brian Farran said, “With more than 500 people across the Diocese involved in the development of the Diocesan Strategic Plan it is worthy of celebration. The consultation process has been broad and judicious. The Diocesan Strategic Plan provides us with a language with which to express our hopes and dreams to be a missional church.”

– from the Diocese of Newcastle website. PDF file. Doubtless, members of the Synod would appreciate prayer for their meeting.

William Tyndale and his New Testament

Church Society has republished a 1976 Churchman article by Gervase Duffield on Bible translation pioneer William Tyndale. (PDF file.)

As Reformation Sunday approaches (most observe it on the Sunday closest to October 31), it’s a good time to give thanks for the New Testament in English and those who helped make it possible.