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Synod 2026 Journal—Out Now!

September 3, 2026 by Lionel Windsor

Read the journal here. Dear friends, Many readers will know 2 Timothy 3:16: “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” Yet Paul writes these words amid opposition…

The purpose and role of Synod

August 30, 2026 by ACR Team

ACR: This year marks the first session of the 54th Synod of the Diocese of Sydney. To help new members of the Synod to think theologically and contextually about Synod as they prepare to participate, with the permission of the Sydney Diocesan…

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,…