December 2016 – Australian Church Record

Interview with Vaughan Roberts

December 28, 2016 by Mark Earngey

Rev. Vaughan Roberts was recently interviewed by Mark Earngey, the ACR’s ‘Foreign Correspondent’. Vaughan is the Rector of St. Ebbe’s in Oxford, Director of the Proclamation Trust, and a long standing encouragement to evangelicals…

International

Christian in a Muslim Culture: The Intriguing Insights of an Egyptian Bishop

December 18, 2016December 18, 2016 by Steve Tong

Bishop Mouneer Anis, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Egypt, and Presiding Bishop of Jerusalem and the Middle East, delivered the ninth annual ‘Moule Memorial Lecture’ on 8 June 2016 in Cambridge. These annual lectures were established…

Youth & Kids

Family Ministry #3

December 15, 2016December 6, 2016 by Pete Tong

A danger in children’s ministry is that it becomes disconnected – children are disconnected from ministry to adults on Sundays and Sundays are disconnected from any wider ministry during the week. Here are a few key ways to help a children’s…

The Vault

Articulate 4 – Risen

December 12, 2016December 11, 2016 by ACR Team

CHRIST DID TRULY ARISE – T.C Hammond 39 Articles: Article 4 By Archdeacon T. C. Hammond “Christ did truly arise again from death, and took again his body with flesh, bones and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man’s…

Complementarianism

Craig & Susan @ St. Augustine’s

December 11, 2016 by ACR Team

Welcome to the first in our series of interviews unpacking what complementarian ministry looks like ‘in the wild’. Here we meet Susan An & Craig Roberts of St Augustine’s Anglican, Neutral Bay. Craig is the senior minister and Susan…

Youth & Kids

How to Grow a Family Ministry Part 2: Theological Convictions

December 8, 2016December 6, 2016 by Pete Tong

Right thinking fuels right practice. Having set the vision in Part 1, here are 5 theological principles to help lay the foundation for a family ministry in your church. They may not be new, but they are fundamental. 1. Children need…

The Vault

Articulate #3 – He descended into Hell (T.C. Hammond)

December 6, 2016August 7, 2017 by ACR Team

It is no empty formula but a message full of hope and gladness when we say in the Creed, ‘He descended into hell’. So says T.C Hammond as he navigates through the controversy surrounding this phrase which appears in the third…