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October 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…

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 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…

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.…

Handling Halloween

October 21, 2025October 21, 2025 by Andy Bryan

Why discuss this topic? As Halloween grows in popularity, it’s worth helping our children think about how to be in the world but not of it (John 17:15). This isn’t about everyone reaching the same conclusion, but about thinking…

Review: The Nicene Creed (edited by Gilbert and De Chirico)

October 20, 2025 by Robert Doyle

The Nicene Creed: The nature of Christian unity and the meaning of gospel words is a carefully written, informed, and thoughtful examination of basic Roman Catholic beliefs following the implicit and explicit trajectory laid out in the Nicene…

Justin Welby and the Continued Erosion of the Faith in the Church of England

October 31, 2024 by ACR Team

The Australian Church Record (ACR) is deeply grieved by the recent remarks made by the Archbishop of Canterbury in “The Rest is Politics” podcast episode released on 21 October 2024. In the context of the current turbulence in the Church of England…