April, 2019 - Australian Church Record

The first thing to say about church (Ephesians 1:22-23)

April 30, 2019April 29, 2019 by Lionel Windsor

Let’s play a word-association game. Here’s a word: ‘church’. What’s the next word that springs to your mind? You may have named a particular person you know at church. Or you may have identified an emotion related to church: excitement, guilt,…

Ministry

Launching UniChurch: An interview with Dave Jensen

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 by Dave Jensen

Originally from Sydney, Dave Jensen is currently serving as an assistant minister at All Saints’ Anglican Church in Belfast. Dave has been involved in the recent launch of UniChurch Belfast—a new initiative of All Saints’ Church in the university…

Ministry

Birds of a feather flock together: Are cultural churches valid?

April 28, 2019April 29, 2019 by Ben George

Are cultural churches valid? By ‘cultural churches’, I mean churches who cater to a particular group of people—the Homogeneous Unit Church (HUC). The HUC was founded from the Homogenous Unit Principle (HUP) and is part of a missiological strategy…

Church History

An Easter reflection from John Stott

April 21, 2019April 23, 2019 by ACR Team

I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he was seen… (1 Cor15:3-5)The Apostle…

Doctrine

Bored of the cross?

April 18, 2019April 21, 2019 by Scott Newling

What distinguishes Jesus’ crucifixion from every other crucifixion performed by the Romans? Tens of thousands were crucified before Constantine abolished the practice in the fourth century. And it doesn’t take much for us to remember Spartacus,…

Doctrine

What’s in a name? (Adonai)

April 14, 2019April 11, 2019 by Kate Hamer

The names given to God in the Bible reveal something of his character and attributes to us. In this article, we turn to one of the most common names for God: ‘Adonai’, which translates to mean ‘Lord’.*At a basic level, a lord is simply someone who…

ACR Journal

Winter 2019 Journal

April 13, 2019April 13, 2019 by ACR Team

Not everything can be said in a short blog piece. This is where The ACR Journal comes in. Some issues are complex and are best dealt with in more detail. In our journal you’ll find lengthy discussions on relevant and current theological matters…