Anglican Church League 2026 Annual General Meeting — Thursday 18 June
Posted on May 16, 2026
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The ACL gives notice and warmly invites our members to attend the 2026 Annual General Meeting.
Come and hear Lionel Windsor, New Testament Lecturer at Moore Theological College and ACL Council Member on – “Built on the foundation, joined together”: Does God care about inter-church organisations?
Date:
6:00 pm, Thursday 18th June, 2026.Location:
Upper Chapter House, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney.
Enter via the western end (rear) of the Cathedral.
An agenda for the meeting, including positions that need to be filled by election, will be made available on the ACL website in good time before the meeting.
The list of current Council members can be found here.
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King’s Birthday Conference 2026 — early bird prices ending soon
Posted on May 19, 2026
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The King’s Birthday Conference 2026 is coming up on Monday 8th June at Moore College.
We’ve been reminded that the standard rates below will apply until the end of this week:
Regular $25, Concession $10
and that they increase from Monday 25th May.
“Is prophecy dead? Where have all the prophets gone?
Amos said he was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, and yet he was one of God’s prophets in Israel. Do we have prophets and prophecy today? Should we all prophesy or is it the task of some of us?
The issues around prophecy are many and varied; this King’s Birthday Conference will look particularly at a Biblical view of prophecy today.”
See the website for full details and registration.
C of E General Synod committee approves debating Private Members Motion on compatibility of intimate same sex relationships
Posted on May 19, 2026
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From The Church of England Evangelical Council –
“In July this year, the Church of England will see the most significant Private Members Motion (PMM) on sex and marriage in the last 40 years being brought to General Synod.
It has been confirmed by the Business Committee that the July General Synod will debate the PMM proposed by Professor Helen King, which seeks to affirm the compatibility of intimate same sex relationships with Christian discipleship.
The controversial motion… is cleverly worded and designed to secure support for a revision of the Church of England’s sexual ethics, while at the same time not explicitly asking for a change to Church of England doctrine.”
– Details at the CEEC. (Emphasis added.)
Marriages in Mission
Posted on May 19, 2026
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From Phillip Jensen –
“A mission church has many basic Christian morality issues to resolve.
The old culture, not built on the gospel, will have practices inconsistent with the gospel. But as with most cultures, these practices are assumed rather than thought out. The gospel revolutionises all cultures, and Paul the Apostle is dealing with the marriage cultures of Corinth in 1 Corinthians 7.
This episode of Two Ways News is a difficult unravelling of Paul’s advice on several complex issues.”
– Listen to Peter and Phillip Jensen discuss – at Two Ways News.
Faithfulness When Freedoms Diminish
Posted on May 18, 2026
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“How should Christians live wisely and remain faithful to Christ in a society where religious freedom is on the wane? This is the question driving Patrick Parkinson’s new book, Unshaken Allegiance: Living wisely as Christians with diminishing religious freedoms.
Parkinson writes not as a theologian or a pastor but as a Christian legal academic, and as someone who has experienced intense religious restriction first-hand through his time in communist Czechoslovakia in the early 1980s.…”
– At TGC Australia, Marty Robinson reviews Patrick Parkinson’s new book.
In the Library: Joel Beeke in conversation with Albert Mohler
Posted on May 18, 2026
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In the latest edition of his “In the Library” videos, Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, speaks with Joel Beeke, Chancellor of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.
At 70 minutes, it’s an interesting conversation, covering a wide range of topics – including the Dutch Reformed movement in the USA, theology, the Puritans (and the way they have been misrepresented), the importance of reading books, publishing, and more. Watch here.
Authentic Anglicanism: Stewarding our rich heritage
Posted on May 18, 2026
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“I write as a lay Anglican, and also as an academic historian.
I shall firstly address a broad cultural issue which underscores why I believe the Authentic Anglicanism Report is not only timely, but also acutely necessary. I shall then offer a reflection on the enduring richness of authentic Anglicanism, which is something we ought to steward.
This richness of authentic Anglicanism is correctly summarised in the report in four elements – the primacy of Scripture, the confessional basis of our tradition, the liturgical character that ties our confessional doctrine to our lived practices, and an episcopal governance to safeguard the truth of the faith. …”
– The Australian Church Record features on their website this article by Sarah Irving-Stonebraker which was first published in their Easter 2026 Journal.
The disturbing questions over a ‘hate speech’ conviction
Posted on May 17, 2026
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From Julian Mann at TCW –
“Arguable the most significant reflection so far on the egregious conviction of Finnish politician Päivi Räsänen for ‘hate speech’ has come from an unlikely source – an Anglican theologian.
On Christian Today Dr Martin Davie argues that the international media coverage of the case has largely failed to get to grips with the underlying cultural reasons for Räsänen’s conviction.
On March 26, Finland’s Supreme Court found the former Interior Minister (equivalent of the Home Secretary) guilty on a 3-2 verdict of the crime of incitement against a minority group because of what she had written in a 2004 pamphlet, Male and Female He Created Them – Homosexual Relationships Challenge the Christian Concept of Humanity. …”
Image thanks to ADF International. See their March 26 2026 article here.
Giggle v Tickle, the Federal Court Appeal — Two Steps Back
Posted on May 17, 2026
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From Associate Professor Neil Foster at Law and Religion Australia –
“The Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia has handed down its long-awaited decision in Giggle for Girls Pty Ltd v Tickle [2026] FCAFC 64 (15 May 2026). …
Sadly, it has to be said that this decision of the Full Court might now be seen as ‘two steps back’.
In short, I think this appeal decision is also legally wrong, and I look forward to it being overturned on appeal to the High Court of Australia if that goes ahead. But the decision also strongly points to the need to amend the Sex Discrimination Act 1984…”
– Read his full post which includes some possible implications of the decision.
Peace with God
Posted on May 16, 2026
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At Moore College chapel on Friday, Mark Calder, Bishop of the Diocese of Bathurst, preached from Romans 5:1-11.
– Good to hear and great to share.
So Many Dumb Ways To Die?
Posted on May 16, 2026
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From Tim Challies:
“Do you remember the catchy little earworm ‘Dumb Ways To Die?’
In what was undoubtedly one of history’s most successful public awareness campaigns, Metro Trains of Melbourne, Australia, reached millions of people around the world with their message of railroad safety. …”
– He reminds us that – despite all whatever the campaigns tell us – there are really only two ways to die.
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Preach the gospel to yourself
Posted on May 15, 2026
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Dean of Sydney Sandy Grant writes in his Minister’s letter to the Cathedral congregations –
“Dear Friends, Jerry Bridges was an excellent Christian author from the United States, long involved with the Navigators, who died a decade ago this year.
You would benefit from reading any of his books if you can find them, from his 1976 classic, The Pursuit of Holiness, onwards through Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God’s Unfailing Love, The Discipline of Grace, and The Joy of Fearing God.
He wrote thoughtfully, and very much for the ordinary Christian in the pews.
In a number of his books, he talks about the importance of a believer preaching the gospel to yourself every day. …”
Photo: Jerry Bridges, courtesy Nav Press.
Expository Preaching Trust expands
Posted on May 14, 2026
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“The work of the Expository Preaching Trust is expanding.
As well as Preaching clubs, workshops and conferences, we now have 50 preachers being mentored by 16 experienced preachers.
The Trust began in 2012 and we are now in need of extra help.
From 1 July Michael Leong will join us for one day per week to be the Trust’s Operations Associate. …
Michael holds the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Theology from Moore.
As well as mentoring and speaking at the Trust’s conferences, Michael will oversee the promotion of our website and events and coordinate the implementation of the calendar. …”
– Read more at the Expository Preaching Trust.
Analysis: The Abuja “Contradiction” That Isn’t
Posted on May 13, 2026
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We didn’t link to the article by Jay Thomas at First Things yesterday, it didn’t seem profitable. However, if you happen to have read it, George Conger at Anglican Ink has published a very clear and helpful rebuttal.
“Jay Thomas’s recent First Things essay ‘Anglicans and the Abuja Contradiction’ purports to expose fatal logical flaws in GAFCON’s Jerusalem Declaration.
In reality, it reveals something far more interesting: how easily appeals to ‘Anglican tradition’ can mask fundamentally un-Anglican premises. Thomas’s argument doesn’t just fail—it fails instructively, demonstrating precisely why orthodox Anglicans found GAFCON necessary in the first place.
Thomas’s thesis is straightforward: GAFCON stands guilty of rank hypocrisy.…”
– Read George’s response here.
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Photo: G26 at Abuja, via SydneyAnglicans.net.
Should evangelicals sing Hillsong, Bethel and Elevation songs in evangelical churches? — with Mal York
Posted on May 12, 2026
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This week from The Pastor’s Heart –
“Church music is one of the most formative and contested parts of local church life.
People join churches because of music. People leave churches because of music. But music is not a filler between the sermon and the prayers. The songs we sing put theology into people’s mouths and memories.
So how should we choose the songs we sing in church?
Mal York, the dean of students at Sydney’s Moore Theological College, joins us to talk about principles and pragmatics in choosing songs for church.
We discuss theological depth, singability, musical excellence, doctrinal drift, performance culture and what to do with songs from movements like Hillsong, Bethel and Elevation.”
A quote from Mal York to consider –
“Hillsong, whether we like it or not … see their songs as advertising for them. So, they see that whenever you sing a Hillsong song in your church, you are advertising their ministry. Now, some churches might be happy to advertise their ministry, but for me, I found it hard to sing those songs.” (At 13’20”.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…