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The Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (A.F.E.S.) is a national body which coordinates the activities of Evangelical Unions and Christian Fellowships on Australian tertiary campuses. Initially constituted in 1936 as the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Australia, its name was changed to the Inter-Varsity Fellowship in 1939, and in 1973 to the A.F.E.S. The annual AFES national conference elects a General Committee which is the governing body of the AFES. In 1976 the General Committee authorised the establishment of AREA COMMITTEES in the major educational centres to extend and decentralise its functions whilst maintaining national commitments. The records include evangelical publications, reports and Committee Minutes.

The Association was preceded by the Sub-Committee re Administration of the Wine, which was established in 1917 as a sub-committee of the Sydney Anglican Synod, and as a response to the influenza epidemic of the time. The object of the Sub-Committee was to investigate the law of the Church of England in regard to individual administration of communion wine as opposed to a common Communion Cup. In 1921 the Sub-Committee had been replaced by The Individual Cup Association which supported the use of individual cups. The records held are incomplete and relate to the issue being debated.

The Foundation stone was laid by Reverend John Charles Wright D.D. Archbishop of Sydney on 22 April 1911. The Minister at the time, the Reverend Andrew Colvin, was a former post-ordination student at Moore College in 1906. His Ministry at St. John's ended in 1918.