[sydneyanglicans.net] 29 July 2008--The Standing committee of the Diocese of Sydney has overwhelmingly endorsed the Jerusalem Declaration from GAFCON, with the Bishop of North Sydney calling it a “great moment in defining Anglicanism”.
Bishop Glenn Davies spoke in favour of a three-part motion which endorsed the declaration, approved printing a copy for all participants in the upcoming Synod and forwarded a motion for the Synod which commends the declaration to all Anglicans in Australia.
The motion, moved by the acting Chancellor of the Diocese, Robert Tong, calls on Synod to endorse the Jerusalem Declaration as “exemplifying the tenets of orthodoxy which underpin our Anglican identity and invites all Anglicans in Australia to endorse the Declaration”.
Mr Tong told Standing Committee that he had been at GAFCON and “There was no talk of split or division. Mission was one of the prevailing themes.”
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