Kirribilli pastor Paul Dale knew something had to be done when he noticed people walking past the church building were attracted to the music, but intimidated by the lack of spare seats.

With a David and Goliath legal victory behind them, a south-west Sydney church is now focused on winning 1,000 believers.

Christians from St Paul’s, Menai are taking their faith to market by calling on shoppers to think beyond their own trolley and consider those who can’t afford to eat.

A British church leader has encouraged Australian evangelicals to stand firm against the homosexuality crisis tearing apart the Anglican world.

Marge and David Briggs are veterans of the 1959 Billy Graham crusade, with over 50 years of Christian service behind them. They are also two of the first residents of Sydney’s newest Anglican Retirement Village – Woolooware Shores – and are keen to make their new home a hub for ministry.

Archbishop Peter Jensen says former federal Labor leader Mark Latham was right when he diagnosed the slow disintegration of the Australian community - and organisations like Anglicare must play a key role in keeping the cracks from spreading.

Sydney Anglican officials are seeking to clarify if restrictions on alcohol will prevent drinks being consumed on church property.

They came by bus, train or ferry – some even flew across the country – but the 3,000 women who journeyed to the Equip conference at Darling Harbour on Saturday were there to hear home-grown speakers tell hard truths from the Bible about what it means to live a life of faith.

God’s word has entered TV stations across Sydney, writes MADELEINE COLLINS.

The Premier Morris Iemma has responded to his meeting with Archbishop Jensen by declaring he will not introduce ethics classes as an alternative to Scripture classes in NSW schools.

The body of Sydney missionary Andrew Wade who was killed earlier this week in a building accident in Ethiopia, is expected to arrive back in Australia tomorrow.

Evangelical leaders say the explosion of alternative worship is watering down the gospel, writes MADELEINE COLLINS.

Norfolk Island has a new minister who’s looking forward to dusting off his scuba diving gear after nearly four years in an outback parish the size of Victoria.

Christian musician Colin Buchanan has touched the hearts of Australians with his tribute song for freed miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell and their fallen mate Larry Knight.

Ash continues to rain down on inner city streets following a fire that has gutted one of Sydney’s most historic and well-loved churches.

Mehmet Saral is a well-known face in two different worlds – the Gallipoli mosque at Auburn and an Anglican home group in Beverley Hills.

God’s hand is guiding the trapped Beaconsfield miners, says a Sydney evangelist to the mining industry who has mobilised 60 colleagues to pray for their rescue operation as it enters its 11th day.

Sydney Anglicans are opposing a push to allow homosexual couples to adopt children.

As Sydney approaches the halfway point of the Diocesan Mission, a group of experienced missioners have formed a strategic new taskforce. MADELEINE COLLINS reports.

While Sydney slumbers in the early hours tomorrow, David Banks will paddle out to catch a few waves before sunrise – and perhaps strike up a conversation about Jesus.

Fairfax editorial chief Mark Scott will evaluate the media’s relationship with religion at a Wesley Mission Easter breakfast tomorrow.

In a significant breakthrough to its impending property crisis, Moore College has settled on a short-list of five possible sites for its future location.

Suburban church members have played a role in winning a major appeal against the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal over the right to keep using chequebooks in churches through Glebe Income Accounts (GIA).

A cheering crowd of thousands lined Sydney streets yesterday to greet the Queen as she arrived at St Andrew’s Anglican Cathedral for a moving and dignified Commonwealth Day observance.

Kiruba Ranjit is excited – but perhaps a little nervous – about standing up before the Queen, world leaders and a live TV audience this afternoon to pray to her God.