October, 2018 - Australian Church Record

Faithfulness and fruitfulness in ministry

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 by Dan McKinlay and Scott Newling

This article was originally published in the ACR’s latest journal, which contains lots of helpful reflections on evangelism. You can access the journal in full here. What does a faithful ministry look like? What does fruitfulness in ministry…

Christian Living Ministry

Loving your church family: Some thoughts for the shy, the socially nervous, the introverted and the sinner!

October 28, 2018October 28, 2018 by Felicity Leslie

We have all felt disappointed when others have failed to care for us. Perhaps you have even been disappointed by someone today! I have been pondering the ways I could be more thoughtful in my daily activities in an effort not to be the one who inadvertently…

ACR Journal Church History Evangelism Ministry

Evangelism and the Sydney Diocese: Our DNA

October 23, 2018October 23, 2018 by Ed Loane

This article was originally published in the ACR’s latest journal, which contains lots of helpful reflections on evangelism. You can access the journal in full here. At the 2017 session of synod a report was given in relation to diocesan mission…

Christian Living Complementarianism Evangelism Ministry

Learning by doing: Isobel Lin on ministry training

October 22, 2018October 21, 2018 by Isobel Lin

Isobel Lin is a chaplain at Moore Theological College, the chair of the EQUIP women’s conference, the wife on Bishop Peter Lin, and the mother of three teenage daughters. As you can imagine, she’s involved in training across lots of different…

ACR Journal Christian Living Evangelism

The great need of the hour

October 17, 2018October 16, 2018 by Kanishka Raffel

This article was originally published in the ACR’s latest journal, which contains lots of helpful reflections on evangelism. You can access the journal in full here. On Friday 9 March 2018, more than 650 people gathered at St Andrew’s Cathedral…

Christian Living Doctrine Evangelism

The game-changing question for every evangelistic conversation

October 15, 2018October 7, 2018 by Dave Jensen

“Who killed Jesus?” At some point in every single evangelistic conversation I have, I make a point of asking this question. In fact, over the years, I’ve realised that nearly every part of every evangelistic conversation I have is in fact leading…

Christian Living Doctrine The Vault

Coping with the demands of life (Philippians 4:4-20)

October 10, 2018September 30, 2018 by Alan Stibbs

In the Revised Version part of verse 12 of Philippians 4 reads: “In everything and in all things have I learned the secret”. The Greek verb here used means “to initiate into the mysteries” and Paul here uses it both in the passive voice and in the…