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Reflections from Sydney Synod

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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

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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…

The West as a mission field

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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.…

The end of an era: Bishop Mark Calder retires

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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…