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We are a Bible-believing Anglican church in Bellevue Hill,
in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. 

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to worship Jesus Christ as Lord. 

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The Archbishop-elected!

May 6th, 2022

On this day one year ago I was sitting in the final gathering of our Sydney Anglican Election Synod as our Archbishop-elect, Kanishka Raffel, shared these words of the apostle Paul from 1 Corinthians 3:5-9:

 “What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.“

These were his first words after his election had been confirmed. Kanishka and his wife, Cailey, came on to the stage (with much acclamation), their friend, Stuart Pearson prayed, and then Kanishka spoke. After reading these words of 1 Corinthians 3, he expressed thanks to a range of people including the three Bishops who had been also nominated for election: Michael Stead, Peter Hayward and Chris Edwards. After this, Kanishka referred to his time 35 years ago when he first came to the foot of the cross. It was a delightful ‘on the spot-celebration speech’ and I noted at the time that he had a string of allusions to Scriptural verses like John 1:12-13 (born of God – no greater dignity exists) and 1 Peter 2:12 ‘glorifying God on the day of visitation’. He went on to say: ‘Led by the Spirit of the Lord you have bestowed on me a great responsibility’. Kanishka then quoted a key verse which was given to him when he first became Rector of Shenton Park, Perth. It was 2 Corinthians 12:9 – “But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
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The Archbishop-elect gave us a pledge – to be at the cross: weak, dependent and forgiven and serve from there. It was a moving occasion which closed with the hymn ‘How Great Thou Art’...
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​Blog continued here

Where are we:
"We do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake"
2 Corinthians 4:5

​St Stephen's Anglican Church
1 Bellevue Park Road, Bellevue Hill NSW 2023, Australia
bellhill@bigpond.net.au - 02 9389 9615