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Why Would You?

February 18, 2020 by Gladwin Joseph

The ACR talks to Gladwin Joseph, overseas alumnus of Moore College, about his training and his current ministry in India. ACR: Tell us about the state of the church in your country? GJ: The state of the church in India, as said by someone, is “a mile…

Bishop Jay Behan’s ACL Dinner Address

February 6, 2020 by Jay Behan

On 19 October 2019, Jay Behan was consecrated Bishop of CCAANZ in Christchurch, New Zealand. ACNA Archbishop Foley Beach and Chairman of GAFCON Primates Council presided, former Archbishop of Sydney Peter Jensen preached, and various others,…

Evangelism in South Africa

August 5, 2019 by Kenny Lloyd

An interview with Kenny Lloyd, Pastor of Word of Life Church, Port Elizabeth Kenny, can you give us a short introduction to the Word of Life ministry? Ten years ago we started some Bible studies on campus trying to make sure students here were being…

Diary of a missionary: One year on and so many changes

July 29, 2019 by Stef Overhall

Just over a year ago our family of five moved to Santiago, Chile, to serve as CMS missionaries. Previously I’ve written about our journey hereand here. It occurs to me that I’ve been putting off writing, because I didn’t know where to start. From…

Departing from orthodoxy: what it was like to split from the Church of Scotland

April 10, 2019April 9, 2019 by Peter Dickson and Matt Baines

Peter Dickson is currently Scotland Team Leader of the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF), which encourages and supports leaders of affiliated Christian Unions (CUs) throughout the UK to engage in evangelism and help…

The evangelical church in Scotland: An interview with Matt Baines

November 18, 2018 by Matthew Baines

Matt Baines is originally from Sydney where he has been working as an assistant minister at Minchinbury Anglican Church until August this year, when he and his family moved to Edinburgh. Here, Matt shares with us some of his early reflections…

Jesus never directly said “I’m God!”: Answering our Muslim friends (Part 1)

August 20, 2018 by Ryan van der Avoort

A common objection we hear from our Muslim friends regarding the deity of Jesus is this: Jesus never directly said “I’m God”. How would you defend the deity of Jesus using his own words? Passages from John’s Gospel may readily spring to mind—for…