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The Teachers Christian Fellowship was established in June 1935, as a complementary organisation to the Inter-Schools Christian Fellowship which had also just been formed under the auspices of Scripture Union. A Scripture Union girls staff worker Heather Drummond called a meeting of interested teachers to form the TCF. The purpose of the fellowship was to link together Christian teachers for prayer and fellowship. TCF members held house parties, developed a resource library, and joined evangelistic programs ran by SU and ISCF. In 1948 an interstate TCF conference was held, and a national Australian TCF was formed in conjunction with the Inter-Varsity Fellowship. ATCF published a journal, the Journal of Christian Education. In 1976 ATCF decided to separate from IVF/AFES. in the 1980s a travelling staff worker for TCF NSW was appointed, in co-operation with Scripture Union. TCF NSW continues to promote a Christian perspective in education and support Christian teachers. It is interested in all areas of education from a Christian perspective. https://www.tcfofnsw.org.au/about/

The Reverend Stephen Taylor (1869 — 1953), son of the Reverend Robert Taylor, was educated at Cambridge, England, in the early 1890's, where he was ordained and began preaching until 1895. He was Curate in his father's church, St. Stephen's, Newtown [1895-1898] before serving in Newcastle. Taylor was editor of The Church Record from 1916-1926.

The Reverend Robert Taylor [1834 — 1907], was ordained a Deacon in 1859 and Priest in 1860. Taylor was instrumental in the establishment of St. Stephen's Church, Newtown, where he ministered from 1866 — 1907. In the 1890's he had the distinction of being Canon of St. Andrew's Cathedral.

F.G. Taplin married T.C. Hammond's daughter Doris on 9th October, 1954. Frederick George Taplin studied at Moore Theological College, Sydney and was ordained in 1945 by the Archbishop. He was the Curate In Charge of the Provincial District of Wilberforce 1945-48; Locum Tenens of Pitt Town, 1946; Rector of Carlingford 1948-49; Rector of Sutton Forest, 1949-50; Rector of Blacktown 1950-54;and Rector of Jamberoo 1954-60. He had a General Licence from 1960; was Curate of St. Philip's, Sydney in 1961 and Acting Rector there 1961-64. He became Rector of Holy Trinity, Wentworth Falls and Chaplain of Boddington Red Cross Hospital 1965-70. He died 14th November 1972.

A.E. Talbot was Dean of Sydney from 1912 until his death.

Sydney University Evangelical Union was formed on 31st March 1930. An informal group, started by John Deane in 1919, was known as the Bible League and was formed in protest to the widening of the membership conditions of the Christian Union (now the Australian Student Christian Movement) to include 'seekers'. In 1929 Dr Howard Guinness visited Australia and spoke at the Katoomba Christian Convention where members of the Bible League encountered him and were inspired to reorganise. A committee was elected and the name changed to Evangelical Union. In 1935 members of the EU founded the Inter-School Christian Fellowship. The EU's parent body, the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship (now the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students) was formed in 1936.
In 1955 a General Committee was formed, comprised of the executive, faculty leaders, specialist committee leaders and a mission team representative. In 1964 the General Committee was remade into a Governing Council made up of the executive and faculty representatives.
In 1998 the Australian Chinese Evangelical Students group was incorporated into the EU.
Sources: EU Committee Handbook; Lake, Meredith. "Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord : a history of the Sydney University Evangelical Union", Sydney: EU Graduates' Fund, 2005.