Resolution passed unanimously at the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney this afternoon... Thanksgiving for the ministry of Dean Phillip Jensen This Synod, recognising that this will be the last session at which Dean Phillip Jensen will be present, thanks God for the long and valuable ministry of Phillip Jensen in this Diocese. Phillip’s ministry at the Department of Evangelism, the University of New South Wales, St Matthias Centennial Park, and most recently at St Andrews Cathedral, and at the Department of Ministry, Training and Development, as well as on many boards and as a member of many organisations in the Diocese has been outstanding. His energy, his single-minded devotion to Christ and his gospel, his passion for evangelism, fuelled by that of the Lord Jesus himself, have all contributed to a ministry of extraordinary faithfulness and extraordinary effectiveness. He revitalised the Katoomba Conventions ministry and created both the Ministry Training Strategy and Matthias Media. Under his leadership, a generation of men and women were mobilised for ministry both here and around the world. Phillip is recognised by evangelicals all over the world as one of the most significant Christian leaders to have emerged from Sydney in the last fifty years and this Diocese has been blessed by God through him. Many in this Synod can give more personal thanks to God for Phillip’s ministry, by which they were brought to faith or deepened in faith or challenged to give their lives to the proclamation of Christ to a needy world. As he moves into another sphere of ministry, this Synod thanks God for both Phillip and Helen and commits ourselves to pray for them and for the work they will continue to do to see the Lord Jesus honoured in this city and around the world. (The Rev Ray Galea/The Rev David Mansfield)
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 05:42:21 +0000
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