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ABM’s 175th Anniversary
Wednesday 29 October 2025 marks the 175th anniversary of the formation of what became the Anglican Board of Mission (ABM). This will be an opportunity for all Australian Anglicans to acknowledge, honour and celebrate the past 175 years and lay a new foundation to propel ABM and AID into the next 175 years.
This website contains information about celebratory events and resources for the 175th anniversary. The content will be updated as new events and resources are finalised.
The Six Bishops at the 1850 Conference
Bishop Short (Adelaide), Bishop Selwyn (New Zealand), Bishop Nixon (Tasmania), Bishop Tyrrell (Newcastle), Bishop Perry (Melbourne), Bishop Broughton (Sydney)
Celebratory Events
- Sunday 26 October 2025
Cathedrals around Australia – services of thanksgiving - Tuesday 28 and Wednesday 29 October 2025 – Sydney
An interactive ABM Experience for ABM supporters - Wednesday 29 October 2025 – Sydney
175th Anniversary Eucharist and dinner - April 2026 – Solomon Islands
Pilgrimage
Full event details will be available soon at www.abmission.org/events.
We also invite your parish to host its own celebration and register it with us. We’ll help share and advertise it with supporters in your local area and promote it on our website. Please email info@abmission.org.au with the details.
Our ABM Story
ABM’s story is really the stories of all Australian Anglicans, just like yourselves. We encourage you to contribute your memories of ABM by sending in any stories, and an accompanying photo if you have one, of key moments in your ABM story. If you are sending in a photo, please be aware we need the permission from anyone who is easily recognisable in the photo and still alive. The photo file needs to be clearly named with your name, location etc. We will compile these for online viewing. Please complete the online form by clicking below, or contact Reception info@abmission.org.au for alternate means of submitting your story.
Resources
175th Anniversary Resources
The resources that are being produced for the Anniversary will be available as they are finalised. They will include liturgical resources, images, links to the keynote address and the ability to borrow a visual display.
Prayer
Loving God,
Friend of this ancient and beautiful land;
land we call home, land that calls us home.
Bless the Anglican Board of Mission
as we participate in your healing work.
We honour our history.
We repent of our failings.
We commit to your future.
May we nurture relationships of love.
May we craft stories of hope.
May we contribute to communities of justice.
Grant us the wisdom to hear your voice,
the courage to follow where you lead,
the humility to listen to those we encounter.
May we be blessed by those we Partner with,
and be a blessing to them.
We ask these things in the names of the three that are one.
Creator, Redeemer, Companion.
Amen.