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Down Under, Bathurst's Anglican synod grapples with $24m debt
The gravity of the financial situation facing the Bathurst Diocese of the Anglican Church hit home this weekend for members of the 47th Synod.
Bishop of Bathurst Ian Palmer implored representatives of parishes from Bourke to Bathurst to accept the need for fresh approaches to ministry across the Central West.
He said the Diocese needs to look at where its resources are spent and ask itself if there are resources that are no longer needed.
Bishop Palmer said the mood of the Synod was one of grappling with, or coming to terms with, the enormity of the financial problems currently facing the Diocese.
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