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

Findings from a study by National Church Life Survey indicate many children aged 10-14 in Protestant congregations actually like turning up for services each week – contrary to the myth that ‘kids are bored in church’.

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As in 1891, Moore College is about to relocate (or redevelop) its campus, for the sake of the next 100 years of training teachers and preachers of God’s word. It will be the most expensive thing that the College has ever done, and possibly the most important project that we have ever asked the Christian community to support in faithful prayer and generous giving.

Col Adamson was a senior engineer for a company that developed Holden Racing technology, before redirecting his life into the challenges of full-time ministry.

Marie John’s world fell apart the day her husband disappeared.

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Photographs of the bashing of 10 Vietnamese pastors and other local Christians have been released by Voice of the Martyrs (VOM). VOM says they were bashed by police and hired thugs after officials in Ho Chi Minh City tore down a Mennonite house church.

Evangelicals in the Church of England are split in their response to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s decision to reinstate the Rev Richard Coekin.

An American revolution will now enter it final phase, as the Episcopalian General Convention rejected a demand from the worldwide Anglican Communion to place a moratorium on electing gay bishops and blessing same-sex unions.

Christians are facing a shrinking population in the liberal West and a growing majority of the traditional Rest, writes PHILIP JENKINS.

Islam, rather than Western culture’s focus on sexual freedom, shapes day-to-day reality for a third of the world’s Anglicans. Malay women who convert to Christianity are forced to live a double-life. KATRIN ARNHOLZ spoke to one of them.

Christians everywhere used The Da Vinci Code as a prime opportunity to talk freely about Jesus. Now Sydney Anglicans are going online to answer questions it is generating.

KAMAL WEERAKOON is combining full-time study at Moore College with ministry at St Anne’s, Strathfield. He shares his trials and joys as a trainee minister.

Despite the NSW Government’s $1 billion disability package, parents worry it’s no solution to an ‘immoral’ lack of services, writes JEREMY HALCROW.

Australian Anglicans account for 42 of the 670 awards presented on the Queen’s Birthday.

Evangelical theologian NT WRIGHT calls for a more mature, biblical response to evil.

First created in 1963, the X-Men are genetically mutated human beings. These people have special abilities and often physical quirks – excess body hair, wings, strange markings on the skin. With the X-Men narratives the message moves beyond good versus evil, although that certainly plays a part. These stories deal with alienation, what it is to be in the world but not of the world. How should these beings live in a world that fears and despises them?

In an extract from an upcoming lecture at Moore College’s School of Theology (20-21 September), ROBERT BANKS finds God speaks clearly through C.S. Lewis.

The extraordinary growth in African evangelical Anglicans means liberal reformers in the US can no longer ignore the new face of Christendom. JEREMY HALCROW tracks the demographic shift behind the headlines.

The rector must have wanted someone annoying. He chose me...One of the most painful things in my life is being a warden of my local church. Wardens are the guys who look after the property and money side of things. Yes I am aware of how pathetic it sounds to say it is one of the most painful things in my life – but regular readers will understand that I have got used to being pathetic

Few people here in Australia seemed to notice a global discussion accompanying the football news. It never made the sports pages in Australia – Les Murray made no comment - but on the internet, and in other parts of the world the issue of prostitution and the World Cup has received major attention.

No-one has to be embarrassed about feeling out of touch when it comes to the Internet. After all, the computer industry failed to predict its arrival and Bill Gates almost missed it altogether. Believers may not understand it but that doesn't mean they can afford to ignore it.

In a landmark address, Peter Jensen says the fight over homosexuality is really about the authority of the Bible. This is a special edition of Archbishop Writes and is taken from an extract from Archbishop Peter Jensen’s landmark Latimer Fellowship address.

Nine’s reality-style production, Hello, Goodbye capitalises on the sense of life-change airports bring. Animal Rescue regular Rebecca Harris wanders the departure and arrival halls asking the simple question, ‘Why are you here?’ What emerges is a tapestry of human tales that makes for compelling viewing.