Archbishop Jensen has delivered an emotional Presidential Address as the Synod prepares to make decisions on the reorganisation of the Diocese because of losses suffered during the world economic crisis.
Dr Jensen began by setting the scene of world uncertainty “What with Global Warming, the War on Terror and the Global Financial Crisis, we may well think that we live in apocalyptic times” he said.
But the Archbishop says Jesus makes it clear that “”¦the apocalyptic signs that he mentioned are always part of human experience. We are always in apocalyptic times.”
Then addressing the circumstances of the diocese, he said “How are we to read the history of this year in our Diocese? I would say just this. We live, as ever, with all the signs and some of the pain of an apocalyptic era, but our response is neither panic nor paralysis: it is persistent active faith.”