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The ACR chats to Tony Payne about a Nexus Conference 2020

February 13, 2020 by ACR Editorial

ACR: Tony, thanks for taking the time to explain about Nexus! So when people ask, ‘What is Nexus?’, how do you describe what it is? TP: Nexus is a rare opportunity in the midst of a busy ministry year to get together with other…

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,…

ACR interview with Sophie Norved

February 3, 2020 by ACR Editorial

ACR: Thanks, Sophie for chatting to us! Firstly, we have to ask: Why did you decide to travel 35km from Rockdale to Leppington every week to help with a church plant in a garage? SN: Our family has been so blessed by church over many years, so when…

The Congregation has spoken: “We also want systematic theology!”

January 30, 2020 by Ben Pakula

At the church I pastor a returning missionary was giving a brilliant sermon on Acts 17. Mid-talk he paused and asked the congregation to discuss this question: “Is Jesus still a man today?” I was perplexed as to why he would ask such an obvious question…until…

The ACR asks P&A Director Jane Tooher about the Priscilla and Aquila Conference (3 February 2020)

January 16, 2020 by ACR Editorial

ACR: Thanks, Jane for taking the time to talk to us! Firstly, we wanted to ask you about the Priscilla and Aquila Centre. When people ask you, ‘What is the Priscilla and Aquila Centre?’, how do you describe to them what it is? JT: The…

The Recruitment Problem

January 13, 2020 by Mike Leite

While I was training at Moore Theological College (2012- 2015) the constant rhetoric was that the Sydney Anglican Diocese was oversupplied with full-time gospel workers. We were warned from the very beginning of the need to be creative in funding…

The message is the mission (Ephesians 1:13)

January 6, 2020 by Lionel Windsor

What is God’s ‘mission’? In the opening section of Ephesians, Paul talks a lot about God’s purposes for the world. God’s ultimate purpose is to sum up everything in Christ (Ephesians 1:10). God is moving everything in heaven and earth…