ACNS: [Australia] General Synod pleasing to Primate
30 OCTOBER 2007

The President of the General Synod of the Anglican Church, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, said he is very happy with the sense of unity that the Synod has witnessed this week on a range of critical issues.

The Church is finalising its General Synod in Canberra. The event is the Parliament of the Church which sits every three years.

The Primate highlighted the following decisions:

* Mission and attendance - a task force of General Synod “Fresh Expressions Australia” has been tasked with preparing a proposal for a full time National Mission Facilitator and developing appropriate criteria for the selection, training and deployment of ordained and lay pioneer ministers in an Australian context. the rest