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Dr Howard Guinness was a member of the influential Irish brewing family and the grandson of the missionary Henry Grattan Guinness. He trained in medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, but never practiced. He travelled to Australia in 1930, having been sent by Inter-Varsity Fellowship to develop Christian student groups on university campuses, and helped to establish the Sydney University and Melbourne University Evangelical Unions. In 1938 he married Barbara Green and was ordained in 1940. In 1949 he became Rector of St Barnabas Broadway, and then St Michael's Vaucluse in 1957. He died in Wentworth Falls, NSW. https://matthiasmedia.com/briefing/2010/07/sacrifice-have-we-given-up/
Howard Guinness, ‘Author’s Preface’, Sacrifice, Inter-Varsity Fellowship of Evangelical Unions, London, 1939 (1936), p. viii
Keith and Gladys Hunt, For Christ and the University: The Story of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship of the U.S.A., 1940-1990 (IVP, Downers Grove, 1991)
Meredith Lake, Proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord: A History of the Sydney University Evangelical Union (The EU Graduates Fund, Sydney, 2005)

Glenn was a school teacher prior to his theological study at Westminster Theological Seminary and Moore Theological College. After two years in parish ministry at St Stephen’s Willoughby, Glenn was invited to join the faculty of Moore College as a lecturer in Old Testament. At the end of 1985 he took a two-year study leave in England where he gained his PhD from Sheffield University. Glenn returned from overseas in 1988 to take up a position as a lecturer in New Testament. In the following year he also became the Registrar of the College, holding both positions until his resignation in 1995, when he was appointed as rector of St Luke’s Miranda. Glenn left Miranda after being consecrated bishop in December 2001. He was the Bishop of North Sydney for more than ten years, before being elected Archbishop of Sydney in 2013.
Source: https://sydneyanglicans.net/seniorclergy/archbishop_davies

J. Stuart Holden was born in Liverpool and studied at Cambridge under H.C.G. Moule. In 1905 he succeeded Griffith Thomas at St. Paul's, Portman Square, where he ministered for almost thirty years. From 1924 to 1930 he was chairman of the Keswick Convention Council. He is well-known for having a ticket to sail on the Titanic but deciding not to sail because his wife was ill. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105663279/john-stuart-holden ; https://www.preaching.com/contributors/j-stuart-holden/

Charles Troutman was born in Butler, Pennsylvania, and studied at Wheaton College. Illinois. In 1942 he married Lois Dickason. In 1936 Charles became a staff member with Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship in Canada, then was sent to Michigan in 1939. After military service he became Associate General Secretary of IVF in the US from 1946-1953. He and his family moved to Australia and in 1954 Troutman became General Secretary of IVF Australia. In 1961 he became General Director, and served on the executive committee of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. In 1966 he joined Latin America Mission and moved to Costa Rica. He retired in 1979 and he and Lois moved to Arizona. Charles died in 1990 and Lois in 1991.

Kanishka Raffel graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity from Moore College in 1996. He served at St Matthew's Wanniassa from 1996-1999, and then moved to the Diocese of Perth where he served for 16 years (1999-2016) as Rector of St Matthew's Shenton Park. He obtained a Master of Arts in Theology from Moore College in 2010. Raffel was appointed Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral in 2016 and installed in that position on 4 February 2016. On 6 May 2021, he was elected to the position of Archbishop of Sydney, and he was consecrated bishop and installed as archbishop on 28 May 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka_Raffel