Sharing new mission initiatives and strengthening partnerships with Egypt and Madagascar helped make the annual Mission Hour a cause for rejoicing at Synod.

Synod has approved the implementation of a new Parental Leave Ordinance, establishing and clarifying entitlements of parish clergy who become new parents and providing guidelines for specific cases.

How a family was branded by grace and where it led them.

Sydney Synod has expressed deep concern about moves to remove gender from the marriage act and has authorised the distribution of a booklet outlining the consequences of same-sex marriage for families and society.

Sydney Synod has been told funding for urban renewal is 'too urgent to wait' and should be given as much prominence as expanding to 'greenfields' areas of Sydney.

Archbishop Glenn Davies, in his Presidential address opening the 2016 Synod, or Parliament, of the Anglican Church, has spoken of Sydney's urban sprawl and efforts to establish new churches on the fringe of the city.

Churches often have external signs with messages they want the community to see, but the signs aren’t usually interactive...

We’re so used to attaching the worth of our lives to what we do – even what we do for God – but we need to take a different approach.