Madeleine Collins
Colin’s Christmas cathedral bash

You just know Colin Buchanan is involved when the Archbishop of Sydney puts on a blond wig and throws a plastic crocodile into the audience.

24/12/2004
McBible: return of the drive-thru church

Those zany Christians in Forestville are at in again, evangelising motorists through their 24-hour drive-thru church.

22/12/2004
Ministers missing in action

Among the dusty mining towns and pearl divers of Australia’s far-flung North West coastline, there is a bishop waiting for the phone to ring.

21/12/2004
Murder in paradise: minister urges Norfolk to repent

The Rector of Norfolk Island is urging his community to turn back to God after two brutal killings.

20/12/2004
Parish life under the microscope

Parishes on the decline need to reinvent themselves; parishes that are stable need to reform and parishes that are growing need the resources.

17/12/2004
Murder in paradise: minister urges Norfolk to repent

The Rector of Norfolk Island is urging his community to turn back to God after two brutal killings.

17/12/2004
Clergy wages on the rise

Clergy will receive a wage increase of 6.3 per cent next year – almost double the pay rise they received in 2004.

17/12/2004
No strategies for growth, admits church taskforce

The national Church has admitted it has ‘no strategies’ to tackle chronic decline in church attendance, despite two years of talks.

17/12/2004
13,000 doorknocks in one hour? Easy!

Imagine an army of Christians doorknocking 13,000 people across your area in an hour. It could happen if Katoomba Anglican's new minister can talk CMS Summer School and Katoomba Convention organisers into taking part.

08/12/2004
Church reaches out to Fiji

When a recent meeting took place between Indian Hindus in Fiji and eight Christians from Richmond, it was the start of an unlikely friendship built on a mutual love for Christ. In September a group from St Peter’s, Richmond embarked on a mission trip to Fiji to work with missionary couple Frank and Robyn Hawkes at an Indian Baptist church near the capital, Suva. The team shared the Matthias Media gospel presentation Two Ways to Live with the local Indian minority.

05/11/2004
Structural change in ministry

Being a deacon is likely to become a career option in the Diocese of Sydney following Synod’s request that the Archbishop explore the creation of a permanent diaconate.

26/10/2004
Sydney takes the lead to protect children from abuse

The Sydney Diocese has taken the lead in the national Anglican Church by becoming the first diocese to adopt stringent new measures to protect children from sex abuse.

26/10/2004
My relationships come first

Andrew, in his early forties, is the Chief Executive Officer of a high-powered financial group in Sydney' CBD. In contrast to the money-making culture around him, he says the outpouring of his relationship with God means his relationships are more important than a drive for material wealth.

01/07/2004
Parish in focus: Community of believers hard at work

At a time when the parish of Panania is struggling with major property issues, the growing community of believers are also hard at work telling their friends and neighbours about the God they know and trust.

29/05/2004