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University students have spent two weeks creating a range over 50 diverse event opportunities for sharing the gospel on Australia’s most famous campus.

As the countdown begins to the Jesus All About Life media campaign in September 2009, Canon Jim Ramsay says the TV ads will be a great boost for Connect09.

At Monday's ministry intensive in St Andrew's Cathedral, Mark Driscoll outlined the 18 points he says are "obstacles to effective evangelism" in the Sydney Diocese.

Mark Driscoll has told Sydney Anglican clergy that there are 18 factors which are hindering the effectiveness of evangelism in our city.

As the book Pitcairn: Paradise Lost - Uncovering the dark secrets of a South Pacific fantasy paradise records, beginning in 2000, police descended on the British colony on Pitcairn to investigate disturbing reports of rape. It made news around the world.

St Andrew’s Cathedral will play host to the 2008 Sydney Spring Convention this Saturday.

The Olympics highlights how obsessed Australians are with winning. Bryan Cowling writes that as Christians we must do more to counter a culture of ‘success’ that defines the majority of our children as failures.

Youth pastor and author Tim Hawkins celebrated 30 years of youth ministry on the weekend at a special event held at St Paul’s, Castle Hill.

Historymakers in Music gives some new insights into well-known and also lesser known musicians Australian Christians enjoy. I think most people would find the book informative and at times, inspiring.

The first sermon in the series, 'The Trouble with Christianity: Why it's so hard to believe it" by Tim Keller and other preachers from The Redeemer Presbyterian in New York City.

This sermon is based on 1 John 4:1-10.

Southern Cross is a vital source of the news, opinions and views on the latest issues, resources and events affecting the church, both locally and around the world for over 325 parishes, schools and institutions - this month's power-point promotion slide now available...

US preacher Mark Driscoll has called for ‘regeneration’ in the face of a religion he says is spiritually suffocating Aussies.

List of Parishes & Provisional Parishes, vacant or becoming vacant as at 13 August 2008.

Southern Cross reports on the main decisions of the diocesan Standing Committee in July and August.

The Rev Dr Andrew Cameron of Sydney’s Social Issues Executive has said two bills before the Senate could be the beginning of major change for the status of marriage in Australia.

Just four days before the Northern Territory’s election last month, the leaders of the state’s two main political parties addressed the local Christian community at ‘Make it Count NT’.