Last night, marketing experts met to develop the media strategy for a mission that will see at least 12 Sydney Anglican churches capitalise on the heightened spiritual attention created by next year's World Roman Catholic Youth Day and Hillsong Conference.

When the Rugby World Cup kicks off on September 7 Australians across the country will enter a six-week long Rugby frenzy and at least one Sydney Anglican Church is taking notice.

One Sutherland Shire parish is bucking a damaging trend within Sydney Anglican churches to ‘professionalise’ ministry. Over the past four years, Miranda has embraced ‘every member ministry’, handing responsibility for key frontline ministry to ordinary parishioners. However, research show that few Sydney Anglican churches are heading in the same direction.

One of Sydney Diocese’s oldest ministries is breaking its 122-year-old tradition as an all boys institution by going completely co-ed, but in a radically different way.

An estimated 350 people braved the rain at St Stephen’s Newtown on August 20 to remember one of Australia’s worst maritime disasters.

The Sydney Diocese is not famous for its music. Our tertiary training institutions currently offer little in this field. But the growing popularity of conferences like TWIST shows Sydney Anglicans are interested in investing in the creative arts. Does Sydney need its own Anglican creative arts college?

Developing better teams is on the top of the job list at this year's Spring Convention, with organisers inviting a master team builder to offer tips to local ministries.

Ever been to a Christian conference with a seminar given by a secular phonecard company? 40 chaplains did at the Mission to Seafarers’ national conference in August.

Sydney Anglicans are right behind a booming youth ministry which was created five years ago by non-Anglican churches.

Motivated by a desire to ‘prove’ the Christian vote and inform the Christian electorate, the Australian Christian Lobby invited Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd to address the Christian constituency for the first time in the lead-up to a federal election. 36 Anglican churches registered to screen the address on August 9 through a live webcast. But what are Sydney Anglicans thinking in the aftermath?

Our resident youth expert has warned Sydney Anglicans not to ‘cynically dismiss’ the Prime Minister’s push for defence force gap year recruits as a quick fix for the dwindling numbers of ADF staff.

Robertson's new building has been 20 years in the making, but it's already making up for lost time by bringing newcomers to church.

Naremburn-Cammeray Anglican Church has turned down an income of over $20,000 a year to run ministries like its new music and play group.

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A Christian movie tour of four remote Tanzanian villages has led to a mini-revival culminating with a local book stall selling out of Bibles.

Most analysis of the Korean hostage drama is focused on the publicity coup being delivered to Afghani extremists. Few are looking at the implications for Christian mission.

How a night out with friends changed an Australian-born Armenian insurance banker forever.

Evangelical churches have joined an effort by Roman Catholic, Orthodox and other Protestant churches to create a common code of conduct for religious conversions to preserve the right of Christians to spread their religion while avoiding conflict among faiths.

St Stephen’s, Willoughby’s assistant minister, Steve Morrison continues to moonlight as a musician, releasing his new CD, So Quiet, at The Basement on August 16.

Over 100 bikers roared into Parramatta on Sunday August 5 in support of Homeless Persons Week 2007.

For the 16th year running, Ryde City Council celebrated the contribution of the Christian faith to Australia’s history at a prayer breakfast held at Ryde Civic Hall on August 10.

NATSICA (National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Christian Alliance) released a statement in July detailing alternatives to the Federal Government’s emergency response plan for the Northern Territory.

"Our sermons only go for 40 to 50 minutes” said the comment on your.sydneyanglicans.net’s forum. The word ‘only’ hit me like a hammer.

The wreck of the Dunbar reminds us it is to Jesus that we must look for our eternal future, for as the disciples said, “Who then is this, that even wind and sea obey him?”

Have we really understood the fact that without Jesus the people we live among are on their way to hell? Even in our churches, I wonder how often we speak about this.

As a working mum, the pastoral care minister at St Luke’s, Miranda, Jennie Everist is grateful Mary Andrews College (MAC) has enabled her to continue theological training despite her busy schedule.

I have a dream – a dream to give all our fellow citizens in the Diocese a copy of the word of God.

How is a husband supposed to respond to his wife telling him across the kitchen counter she can understand the attraction of polygamy? Cautiously, would be my advice.

After 18 very successful seasons on television, there were extremely high expectations from fans and critics alike going into The Simpsons Movie.

In The Lucifer Effect Zimbardo assembles disturbing evidence that any one of us, if subjected to the right situational forces, is capable of deliberately harming other people.

With The Secret claiming to hold the key to our happiness (as well as holding the key to finding the perfect parking space) I couldn’t resist investigating further.