ACR Journal - Australian Church Record

The importance of a special relationship in a crisis

May 27, 2026 by Robin Sydserff

Special relationship At the celebration of Dick Lucas’ 100th birthday on 14 September 2025, the overseas contribution was a series of recorded video messages from past and present Christian leaders in Australia, testifying…

Authentic Anglicanism: Stewarding our rich heritage

May 16, 2026 by Sarah Irving-Stonebraker

This article is based on a talk given at the event “Guarding a Good Deposit: Authentic Anglicanism Today,” hosted by the Prayer Book Society of NSW and St John’s Cathedral Parramatta. I write as a lay Anglican, and also as an academic historian.…

The clarity of Scripture and church gatherings

May 1, 2026 by James Chen

In the wake of the technological developments that churches went through during the COVID lockdowns, I explored different live and recorded videos of gatherings that occurred locally and globally.1 What it provided me was an insight into…

Principles of the Prayer Book

April 23, 2026 by Greg Anderson

I am probably one of a relatively small number of people these days who has been—hard to know quite how to describe it—perhaps a committed participant in liturgical church services from my earliest childhood memories. Perhaps unusually, I…

The liturgical shape of authentic Anglicanism

April 16, 2026 by Andrew Leslie

The following article is based on a talk given at the event “Guarding a Good Deposit: Authentic Anglicanism Today,” hosted by the Prayer Book Society of NSW and St John’s Cathedral Parramatta. Raised as a Catholic and educated by the Jesuits,…

Easter 2026 Journal—Out Now!

April 2, 2026 by Mike Leite

Read the journal here. In this Easter edition of the ACR Journal, we focus our attention on our gatherings and liturgy. Those who are familiar with the Prayer Book will know that we’ve titled this Easter edition in the words of Psalm 95, which is…

Why 20 percent better is not good enough

December 9, 2025 by Phil Colgan

Over recent years a lot of ink has been spilt considering the implications for Christians of the seismic changes in Australian society over the past 50 years. The reality is that we have seen a massive shift as our culture has moved further and…