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Giving thanks for 100+ years of the ACR

October 17, 2026 by ACR Team

The Australian Church Record celebrated a significant milestone at this year’s Sydney Synod, with a motion recognising 100 years since the publication adopted its present name in 1926. Giving thanks for the ACR’s ministry as an independent…

Reflections from Sydney Synod

October 6, 2026 by ACR Team

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

October 6, 2026October 6, 2026 by Leah

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…

Exegeting ourselves and our communities

September 30, 2026 by Ruth Baker

In my first article in this series, I showed that here in the West, our local communities are mission fields. Here, we’ll look at how we can examine ourselves and our suburbs to better connect with people as part of our long-term mission. Exegesis…

The West as a mission field

September 30, 2026September 30, 2026 by Ruth Baker

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.…

Australian and English evangelicals: A conversation with Andrew Atherstone

September 22, 2026 by Lionel Windsor

Andrew Atherstone is Professor of Modern Anglicanism at the University of Oxford. He has been in Sydney for the Annual Moore College Lectures, held in August 2026, on Anglican Evangelicalism in the Age of John Stott, Jim Packer and Dick Lucas:…

The end of an era: Bishop Mark Calder retires

September 17, 2026 by James Daymond

Many will know that there are three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. Bishop Mark Calder, 11th Bishop of Bathurst, retiring on 19 September 2026, has been…

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