Evangelism - Australian Church Record

What are we unable to stop speaking about?

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 by Mike Leite

Every time I read Acts 4:20 I am struck by how the message about Jesus should work. As the book of Acts begins, what Peter makes clear in each of his first Christian sermons is that Jesus is both Lord and Messiah. For example, Acts chapter 2 and the…

Christian Living Evangelism Ministry

The only qualification you need to speak about Jesus

December 8, 2022December 6, 2022 by Lionel Windsor

Are you qualified to talk about the message of God’s grace at Christmas time? This Christmas, various officially qualified people will have messages for the season. Bishops and archbishops will get some airtime on the news channels and social…

Church History Doctrine Evangelism Ministry

HUGH LATIMER: GOSPEL PLOUGHMAN

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 by Mark Earngey

For preaching of the gospel is one of God’s plough-works, and the preacher is one of God’s ploughmen.[1] So proclaimed Hugh Latimer (c. 1485-1555) on a rainy eighteenth day of January during the winter of 1548. This sermon – the famous ‘Sermon…

ACR Journal Evangelism

The Importance of Mission to the Nations

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 by Susan An

Famous last words. We are often curious to know what the last words were for a person that was meaningful to us. There is something deeply revealing about who they were, what their values were and what they were thinking about in their last moments. …

Christian Living Evangelism Ministry

Stories from Moore College Mission 2021: learning and partnership

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 by Ben George

“I love you, Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold” (Psalm 18:1-2). As King David pens this psalm, he both remembers the…

Church History Evangelism

Sydney Diocese’s Unchanged Priority for over Eighty Years

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 by ACR Editorial

“The world’s greatest need is evangelism. With all the earnestness and strength that are in me I urge upon you that fact. I urge it especially upon my brethren of the clergy. Study evangelism; preach evangelism; live evangelism. Let us…

Christian Living Evangelism

Jesus: the light worth celebrating

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 by Ben George

There is a reality in Sydney that we need to be aware of: we are home to many people from the Asian subcontinent! First generation migrants and second-generation children of migrants, these are people who have been educated in various systems,…