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The public reading of Scripture: How to do it well

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Photo by Barnabas Piper on Unsplash
In the last edition of the ACR’s journal, we included several articles from different perspectives that emphasised the systematic reading of substantial portions of Scripture in our church gatherings as a core theological principle…

Reflections from Sydney Synod

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The Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney ran this year from ran this year from 14 to 22 September, with sessions held over five days. The ACR caught up with Greta Morris, a lay member of Synod from St Paul’s Canterbury, and Andrew…

Church history is our history

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According to tradition, in 1637, a Scottish market trader named Jenny Geddes stood up in the middle of a Sunday service and hurled the stool on which she was sitting at the preacher in the pulpit.  Her protest was provoked by…

The West as a mission field

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This is the first article in a two-part series. Here, I show that in the West, our local communities are mission fields. In part 2, we’ll look at how we can examine ourselves and our suburbs to better connect with people as part of our long-term mission.…