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Southern Cross
december 2005
Southern Cross is a free monthly news paper produced by Anglican Media Sydney. You will find this paper at your local Anglican church or get it sent directly to your home using our subscription service.
Maroubra surfers have made headlines battling the council and the courts. Now a spiritual battle is making waves.
Sydney Anglican leaders say proposed changes to the Anti-Discrimination Act will be a significant threat to freedom of religion in NSW.
Southern Cross and Sydneyanglicans.net are pleased to make available some less traditional 'stocking stuffers' that may be of real use to family and friends this Christmas.
Read the letters to the editor from the December 2005 edition of Southern Cross.
It’s ‘all about equality’ according to the Rev Bart Vanden Hengel, the Rector of St John’s, Penshurst. The English and Mandarin congregations at St John’s have services running concurrently at 10:30am on Sundays. They share morning tea, have combined Sunday School classes and even share usage of the main church building.
AGNES WILSON finds out from local Anglicans what motivates them to knock on thousands of doors each Christmas.
The war in Iraq has created more harm than good, according to a key church leader in the Middle East.
Jessica Bales prays daily that her fiancé, Shani, will be safe as he works in the earthquake ravaged districts of northern Pakistan. Zeeshan Laal Din, or Shani as he is known to his friends, is working with Serving in Mission (SIM) as an aid worker in a team of about 14 medics.
St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne attracted a flurry of media attention last month amidst reports that it had been in negotiation with an advertising agency to sell advertising space on the newly erected scaffolding surrounding the Moorhouse Spire.
Most Australian churchgoers will take part in the National Church Life survey next year, despite reviews being undertaken in several Anglican dioceses, including Sydney.
While non-Western conservatives rebuke the Archbishop of Canterbury, England faces trouble from its own congregations.
Anglicare Australia’s history of failing to consult with Anglicare Sydney has forced the charity to cut membership ties with the national body, Anglicare Sydney said last month.
The Diocese is selling its fund management company, Glebe Asset Management (GAM), in the wake of heavy compliance burdens resulting from increasing regulation of the industry.
The next six months will be crucial for Blue Mountains-based Explorers Christian Church (ECC), as it seeks to employ a paid ‘leader’ for the first time in order to cope with growth over the past three years.