The Sydney Diocese reclassified three churches to parish status at Synod yesterday and there are still two more to come.

The Mission presentation at Synod last night has given Sydney Diocese the first glimpses of the new Diocesan strategy, Connect 09.

The Archbishop Peter Jensen says Sydney Anglicans have reached a spiritual mountain of scepticism and secularism that must climbed if the Diocesan Mission is to succeed and the city won for Christ.

No one is color blind. Issues of race affect our thinking, whether we are conscious of it or not. You wont find Frank Wus book Yellow in the Christian section of the bookstore. But if youre a pastor or church leader interested in knowing how to love and serve ethnic minorities in your congregation, it may be worth reading.

As the Mission reaches its half-way mark, sydneyanglicans.net republishes Archie Poulos' helpful reflections on the goal to see 10% of Sydney in Bible-believing congregations that has energised the efforts of the past five years.

Every Sydneysider will receive a Bible in 2009 if Sydneys annual Synod approves 'Connect 09' this week. The aim of 'Connect 09' is for every Sydney Anglican to contact, connect and communicate with all people currently beyond the reach of church ministry in every region of the Diocese. The distribution of the word of God is key to this strategy, which ties in with the Diocesan Mission. Are you ready to connect?

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"So, you're a missionary then?" People often asked me this question back in Australia, and I was never quite sure how to answer. It's a loaded term...