Archbishop of Sydney in rallying call to Church of Ireland evangelicals

http://gazette.ireland.anglican.org/2009/010509/frontpage010509.html

[The Church of Ireland Gazette] 30 April 2009--Delivering an extensive survey and commentary on the current inter-Anglican crisis over human sexuality last week at an open meeting of the Evangelical Fellowship of Irish Clergy (EFIC), the Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Revd Peter Jensen, issued a rallying call to Church of Ireland evangelicals to be vigilant that no "official act which endorses sin" should take place in the Church of Ireland.

The meeting, which was held on Monday 20th April at St Saviour’s Church, Dollingstown, Co. Armagh, was attended by approximately 300 clergy and laity.

Archbishop Jensen, who said he had recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his conversion at a Billy Graham crusade, told his audience that this was a "solemn time" for Anglicans, as the Anglican Communion was facing a crisis over the authority of Scripture. Dr Jensen said that the Anglican Communion was "a very significant body of Christians" in today’s world and that anything that divided it was bad. The Communion enabled a sharing of resources, the delivery of aid and important networking across the globe.