Archbishop Peter Jensen
Making connections for life

Archbishop Peter Jensen explains why he believes the Lord is behind the Connect09 campaign.

05/01/2009
The 2008 Christmas message AUDIO

The Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Rev. Dr. Peter Jensen, offers a message of hope and challenge to the people of Sydney this Christmas.

"Tough times require powerful life skills learned from God, often through families. But what if we’ve chosen not to learn them? We’re going to have to change our ways."

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24/12/2008
Christmas 2008

Tough times require powerful life skills learned from God, often through families. But what if we’ve chosen not to learn them? We’re going to have to change our ways.

23/12/2008
Christmas message 2008

Tough times require powerful life skills learned from God, often through families. But what if we’ve chosen not to learn them? We’re going to have to change our ways.

23/12/2008
Christmas lights up our darkness

There are some people who carry cheerfulness and hope with them wherever they go. They light up a room by entering it; they create confidence by their sheer presence. Sometimes, when things appear at their most grim, the appearance of such a person can turn everything around.

01/12/2008
A response to market meltdown

An evangelical hero of the Great Depression shows us how to respond to the current economic crisis.

27/10/2008
The 2008 Presidential Address AUDIO

The Presidential Address delivered by the Most Rev. Dr. Peter Jensen, Archbishop of the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church, on the opening night of the 2008 synod.

Click here to read the text of Archbishop Jensen's address or download a pdf.

13/10/2008
The 2008 Presidential Address

The Presidential Address delivered by the Most Rev. Dr. Peter Jensen, Archbishop of the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church, on the opening night of the 2008 synod.

13/10/2008
The greatest thing of all

Connect09 should be a campaign characterised by a love of God and of our neighbour, and our communities need to see this love in us when we meet them.

29/09/2008
Trusting God at GAFCON

Archbishop Peter Jensen speaks personally about a defining moment of his life... and the fallout from Lambeth.

01/09/2008
How to share real hope

We must share a hope that is free from falsity and cynicism, a hope that can only come from the gospel.

28/07/2008
GAFCON - Final press conference AUDIO

Questions answered by Archbishops Henry Orombi of Uganda, Peter Jensen of Sydney, and Emmanuel Kolini of Rwanda

30/06/2008
GAFCON - sleeping giant awakens AUDIO

Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen - chair of the GAFCON programme comittee - speaking to a news briefing in Jerusalem - saying a sleeping giant has been awaked in the church by the actions of revisionist leaders in North America.

28/06/2008
GAFCON news conference 19/6/08 - questions AUDIO

An audio media release from the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON).

Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, Dr Peter Jensen, chairman of the organising committee addresses British press reports that claimed Gafcon leaders were planning 'schism'.

23/06/2008
GAFCON news conference 19/6/08 AUDIO

An audio media release from the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON).

Archbishop Peter Jensen talks about the aims of GAFCON and outlines the conference program.

20/06/2008
Are you the neighbour from heaven?

This month's Archbishop Writes features an edited extract of the remarks Dr Jensen made on the second Connect09 DVD which is now available to churches.

26/05/2008
Glory: wanting it, getting it, having it AUDIO

Archbishop Peter Jensen addresses the topic of glory - why we want it, how we try and get hold of it, and what we have to do to really have it.

This sermon was delivered as a key-note address to Christian journalists at the 2008 Access All Areas conference.

26/05/2008
Marriage: the unique union

Whether we like it or not, a unique union occurs at marriage, based on the fact that one is a man and the other is a woman. No other arrangement is the same.

19/05/2008
Connect09 will help us to find our 10%

We’re still on a mission! How Connect09 fits in with our Mission strategy.

28/04/2008
Say your Creed with joy

The Apostles’ Creed reminds us of the great truths of the gospel. Saying it should remind us to rejoice in these truths.

31/03/2008
Archbishop’s 2008 Easter Message AUDIO

The 2008 Easter message from Archbishop Peter Jensen.

21/03/2008
There’s power in our ‘product’

As we pray and plan to connect with our communities in 2009, we can expect the word of God to speak powerfully to those with whom we share our lives.

25/02/2008
Why I am going to Israel

A Global Anglican Future Conference is planned for June 2008. I want those in the fellowship of our Diocese to know what this is about and why I am involved.

04/02/2008
Opening of Year Law Service 2008

In saying that ‘all authority comes from God’, and that those in authority are God’s servants for our good, the Bible has certainly not forgotten Pontius Pilate and King Herod. On the contrary, there are moments in the biblical record where authority is rightly defied, and there exist those noble words, ‘we must obey God, rather than man.’

29/01/2008
Your Connect09 journey begins today

It’s time to play your part in Connect09, and Archbishop Peter Jensen tells Russell Powell that you will find it a surprising experience.

29/01/2008