The following have preached the Anniversary Service at the GA's Annual Meetings:
| 2019 | Rev Dr Maria Curtis, BA, MA, MSC, PhD |
| 2018 | Rev Danny Crosby, BA |
| 2017 | Rev Sarah Tinker, BA, MA |
| 2016 | Rev Alex Bradley, BA, MA |
| 2015 | Rev John Harley, BA, MA |
| 2014 | Rev David Usher, BA, MA, DMin |
| 2013 | Rev Feargus O’Connor, BA, MA |
| 2012 | Rev Celia Cartwright, BA |
| 2011 | Rev Jeffrey Gould, BA, MA |
| 2010 | Rev Michael Dadson, BA |
| 2009 | Rev Margaret Kirk, BA, MA |
| 2008 | Rev Art Lester, BA |
| 2007 | Rev Brenda Catherall, BA |
| 2006 | Rev Peter Hewis, MA |
| 2005 | Rev J Eric Jones, BA |
| 2004 | Rev Ann Peart, BA, MA, PhD |
| 2003 | Rev John Clifford, BA, MSc, ThM |
| 2002 | Rev Bill Darlison, BA, MA |
| 2001 | Rev Penny Johnson |
| 2000 | Rev Joy Croft, BA, MA, MTh |
| 1999 | Rev Alec Finbow, BA |
| 1998 | Rev David C Doel, MA, PhD |
| 1997 | Rev John A Buehrens, DD |
| 1996 | Rev Judith Walker-Riggs, DD |
| 1995 | Rev Clifford Reed, BA |
| 1994 | Rev Keith Gilley, BA, MA, BDQ |
| 1993 | Rev Denise Boyd |
| 1992 | Rev Leonard Smith, MA, PhD |
| 1991 | Rev Andrew Hill, BA |
| 1990 | Rev Glyn Pruce, STB, MA |
| 1989 | Rev Frank Walker, BA |
| 1988 | Rev William F Schulz, MA, DMin, DD |
| 1987 | Rt Rev William McMillan, MA |
| 1986 | Rev Peter B Godfrey, BA |
| 1985 | Rev D Elwyn J Davies, MA, BD, PhD |
| 1984 | Rev O Eugene Pickett, BA, BD, DD |
| 1983 | Rev Bruce Findlow, BA |
| 1982 | Rev Arthur J Long, MA |
| 1981 | Rev Gabor Kereki |
| 1980 | Rev A Ben Downing, MA, BD |
| 1979 | Rev Eric Wild, BA and Eileen Kielty, BA |
| 1978 | Rev Anne McClelland, BA |
| 1977 | Rev Dudley E Richards, MA, BD |
| 1976 | Rev Fred M Ryde, MA |
| 1975 | Rev A Hamilton Birtles, BA |
| 1974 | Rev E Basil Short, BSc |
| 1973 | Rev Lancelot A Garrard, MA, BD, LLD |
| 1972 | Rev Robert N West, BA, BD, DD |
| 1971 | Rev Eric S Price, MA |
| 1970 | Rev Harry Lismer Short, MA |
| 1969 | Rev John Kielty, LLD, DD |
| 1968 | Rev Brian L Golland, MA |
| 1967 | Rev Charles Bartlett, BA |
| 1966 | Rev John Radcliffe, BA |
| 1965 | Rev D Jacob Davies, BA |
| 1964 | Rev Fred Kenworthy, MA, DD |
| 1963 | Rev A Margaret Barr, MA |
| 1962 | Rev C Gordon Bolam, MA, BD |
| 1961 | Rev Phillip N Tindall, BA, BD, PhD |
| 1960 | Rev Dana L McGreeley, DD |
| 1959 | Rev Wilfred Waddington, BA, BD |
| 1958 | Rev W J Carter, MA |
| 1957 | Rev Arthur W Vallance, BA |
| 1956 | Rev Basil Viney |
| 1955 | Rev H Stewart Carter, MA |
| 1954 | Rev Sydney P Whitehouse, MA, BLitt |
| 1953 | Rev Arthur L Agnew, OBE, BA, DD |
| 1952 | Rev H G Woodford |
| 1951 | Rev Lawrence Redfern, MA, BD |
| 1950 | Rev Mortimer Rowe, BA, DD |
| 1949 | Rev G Randall Jones, MA, MSc, BD |
| 1948 | Rev Frederick May Elliot, MA, DD LLD |
| 1947 | Rev Frank A Bullock |
| 1946 | Rev Wallace B Travener |
| 1945 | Rev Reginald W Wilde, MA, MSc, PhD |
| 1944 | Rev Stanley Mossop |
| 1943 | Rev E George Lee |
| 1942 | Rev Leslie Belton, MA, MSc |
| 1941 | Rev Fred R Cottier |
| 1940 | Rev W E Williams, BA |
| 1939 | Rev Arthur H Lewis |
| 1938 | Rev Raymond V Holt, MA, BLitt |
| 1937 | Rev Sidney Spencer, BA |
| 1936 | Rev Arthur S Hurn, MA, DLitt |
| 1935 | Rev Lawrence Clare |
| 1934 | Rev Charles M Wright, MA |
| 1933 | Rev John C Ballantyne, MA |
| 1932 | Rev Herbert Barnes |
| 1931 | Rev Herbert McLachlan, MA, DD, LittD |
| 1930 | Rev H J Rossington, MA, BD |
| 1929 | Rev Alfred Hall, MA, DD |