Sydney backs Jerusalem

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[sydneyanglicans.net] 20 Oct 2008--The Synod of the Diocese of Sydney has overwhelmingly endorsed the Jerusalem Declaration, the key document to emerge from GAFCON earlier this year.

Debate on the motion was begun by the Bishop of North Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, who was on the Gafcon committee which drafted the Jerusalem Declaration.

The Bishop described it as an honour to serve on the commitee, saying the statement itself was not pre-written but was developed word for word during the week.

“The delegates, through bible study groups, seminars as well as provincial meetings, all had the opportunity to contribute.”

Bishop Davies pointed to the verbs in the Jerusalem statement “We are glad, we celebrate, we gladly proclaim, we are mindful, we reject, we rejoice. It speaks in rejoicing and in praiseworthy terms about the gospel but it’s important not just to affirm but to correct.”

Saying the statement stands in classic Christian orthodoxy, the Bishop said “We have one gospel, one bible - the word of God written. It is to be translated, read, preached, taught and obeyed. What had brought Gafcon people together was that the word of God had been disobeyed within the Anglican communion.”