The Standing Committee of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney has given its full support to Archbishop of Sydney Dr Peter Jensen’s decision not to attend the Lambeth Conference. The decision was announced earlier this month and this was Standing Committee’s first meeting since then.
The committee stated it “wholeheartedly supports the Archbishop and his Bishops in their decisions relating to Lambeth and GAFCON, recognising the cost to them of such decisions.”
The motion was passed overwhelmingly after a statement given by the Archbishop to the committee in which he said “we have come to the firm view that for us the best action is not to attend (Lambeth), as a matter of conscience and pastoral care to those who have needed to dissociate themselves from Bishops and Churches.”
The Archbishop referred to a letter from five primates who had declared that they cannot, for reasons of conscience, attend Lambeth.
Dr Jensen told the Standing Committee that “given the fellowship we enjoy which these leaders and their people it is inconceivable that we should not join them in standing aside. We must support those who have been so courageous.”
Does PB Schori recognize this Standing Committee as a valid one? Just asking. It seems she might want to extend the curial reach of the EC and non-existent canons beyond her Province, given the opportunity. And here it is!
David Ould+ has published a knock your socks off letter from a Sydney rector defending GAFCon to a revisionist bishop. See here:
http://www.standfirminfaith.com/index.php/site/article/10205/