Our aim is one hundred percent

Posted on October 19, 2008 
Filed under Opinion

Dean of Sydney, Phillip JensenThis week’s Synod was focused on our Diocesan Mission.

There is much to praise God for in the work of the last six years. But there is still a long way to go. There is no sign yet that multitudes of Sydneysiders are beating a path to our door. Nobody promised they would.

A mid-point review gives an opportunity to understand where we are up to in the Mission process, and to make any necessary adjustments to our plans. Two issues are coming to the fore: “the population” and the “ten years”. These are critical issues that we keep trying to ignore but lie at the heart of the Mission.

Most people hearing of the Mission have focused on the wrong part of the aims and goals. The critics and the supporters alike have emphasised the ten percent that we are aiming to reach. Not understanding what it is about.

They tend to think that success or failure will be measured by this ten percent. They fail to notice that the aim is actually one hundred percent…

Read the whole article from Phillip Jensen, published in the Cathedral newsletter.