Fairfax editorial chief Mark Scott will evaluate the media's relationship with religion at a Wesley Mission Easter breakfast tomorrow.
Mr Scott, who responsible for editorial content in 70 newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, The Age, and The Sunday Age, will speak on the topic ‘Missing the big story: reporting on faith in a cynical world’.
"At Wesley Mission this Easter, we not only remember the events, but the words of Jesus that call out to us in 21st century Australia," said Wesley Mission Superintendent the Rev Keith Garner (pictured above).
The breakfast, which attracts some of Sydney's leading business and community leaders, begins at 6.45am tomorrow, Wednesday April 12 at Wesley Mission’s headquarters in Pitt Street, Sydney.
It is part of Wesley Mission's Easter Mission which began on Palm Sunday and runs until Easter Sunday.
Keith Garner will introduce the theme for the breakfast, ‘The Expensive Principle of Kindness’, from John 19:26.
The charity issued a statement saying "Mr Scott's comprehensive experience in how the Christian faith is communicated in the wider press will provide thought provoking and stimulating insights for Easter Breakfast guests".
Apart from his newspaper credentials Mr Scott is also responsible for the editorial and commercial management of Fairfax's general magazines including Good Weekend, Sunday Life, The Sydney Magazine and The Age Melbourne Magazine.
Keith Garner said Wesley Mission's theme for the week was ‘The Last Seven Words of Jesus’, with each word forming a marker "in a week of powerful enactments, teaching and events at Wesley Mission'.
Other Wesley Mission Easter Mission events include a re-enactment of the trial of Jesus and carrying of the cross on Good Friday at 2.00pm at the Martin Place amphitheatre.
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