Why nobody likes Sydney Anglicans
One of the great things about being a Collingwood supporter is that the rest of Australia hates us. One of the great things about being a Mac user is that the rest of the world is PC.
The same with movements. No one else likes them. Not even other Christians. Until they settle down and become like everyone else. But then they’re no longer a movement.
How do I know the Sydney Anglicans are a movement? Nobody else likes them! Except me and the people coming to Christ through them.
Have a read of this speech by Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney. He does a good job of clarifying his movement’s heritage and distinctives and setting a future direction that is true to both.
Just in case you don’t make it through the whole article here’s his concluding statement:
The crisis for western Christianity is this: will we still be Christian or will the church have become so captive to the culture of this world that we will abandon the gospel in favor of an insipid religiosified version of the current secular thinking? Yes, we are going to have to be more liquid in the form of the church, but the more liquid you are in the form, the more solid will have to be doctrinal base. There will have to be a strong connection between scripture and gospel.The report mistakenly refers to him as the Anglican Primate of Australia. But there’s no way he’s getting that job until everyone else likes him.
