Anglican churches are demanding more assistance in tackling family breakdown within the church and in the general community. In fact, parish ministers have identified marriage problems in the community as one of the biggest challenges they face. They want help with strengthening marriages, family relations and teen support. Anglicare and some Sydney Anglican parishes are doing what they can to help.

Sydney Diocese’s Indigenous ministry is continuing to move forward with the recent appointment of Michael Duckett as pastor of Minto Indigenous Church.

Today’s highly sophisticated and aggressively marketed cosmetics industry is having an impact on women beyond the mirror. Research is increasingly showing that these figures document an effect that is more than skin-deep. And beauty messages are bombarding the Christian world too. Are you wearing your make-up – or is your make-up wearing you?

While many might see them as ‘shrapnel’ weighing down the wallet, Dave and Bev Vincent see the humble five-cent coin as treasure.

Shellharbour City Centre Anglican Church’s school-based plant at Shellharbour Anglican College has been the catalyst for one man to step up to a new level of lay leadership.

World-renowned theologian Dr Don Carson delivered a challenging talk on the nature of church and state at the Moore Partners annual dinner last night.

This Saturday night at 8:00 pm, some Sydney Anglican churches and organisations will join businesses, organisations and households around Australia and the world to turn off their lights for Earth Hour in a symbolic gesture of concern regarding the issue of climate change. As Sydney Anglicans continue to consider the environment in the light of the Christian faith, it seems adopting environmentally sound practices is becoming more relevant to our strategies for evangelism and godly example.

Two of Sydney Diocese’s cathedrals are offering Easter conventions this Good Friday afternoon.

Mary Andrews College officially welcomed a new women’s ministry expert to their fold at last night’s commissioning service.

Australia’s leading ministry apprenticeship program has run its first ever outdoor weekend away for prospective trainees.

The Dean of Sydney, Phillip Jensen, has called on all orthodox Anglican bishops to boycott Lambeth at a special briefing at St Andrew's Cathedral Chapter House on Friday. Dean Jensen said the reputations of any bishops ‘ who go to Lambeth knowing that unrepentant homosexual activity is wrong’ will ‘always be tarnished’. The full text of Dean Jensen’s speech and MP3s of all four briefings are now available online.

Phil Lamb has quit as the Christian Democrats' state director to take up a top posting with the National Party of Australia's NSW branch.

We are currently witnessing a dramatic ‘rescue operation’ in North America to save those drowning in a ‘disaster’ caused by a pagan heresy. This is the view of David Short, rector of St John’s, Shaughnessy in Vancouver, and world famous theologian Jim Packer, who are both being stripped of their ministry by their bishop. The theology pushed by their diocesan bishop, Michael Ingham, has been categorised as closer to paganism than Christianity. Should Anglicans in Sydney help these theological refugees?

Two Penshurst congregations combined to clean up their part of Australia last Sunday.

The violent and touching story of a young Congolese woman is being used to call Sydney Anglicans to advocacy for the troubled nation.

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The Sydney Anglican public health network Hope Healthcare has been sold to leading aged care organisation Hammond Care.

According to University of Wollongong Christian staff worker Ally Wright, university life is like a “kind of carnival”.

Archbishop Peter Jensen appeared on Channel Seven's Sunrise on February 15 to issue a plea for organ donation.

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Nicola Robinson travelled to YWAM’s Denver training centre in December to spend a happy Christmas with close friends. Instead, she grieved their loss.

The need for strong family relationships is one thing Wendy Morris has heard loudly and clearly articulated by parishes during her time as Anglicare’s Parish Partnership Co-ordinator.

Kerrie Newmarch examines why ‘being a princess’ has such appeal within Christian circles.

Sydney’s wealthier parishes are in distress. Despite record numbers of graduates from Moore College, they can’t get ministers.

If today’s ‘fragile’ secular faith shatters, will our churches be able to pick up the pieces?

Life and growth are chaotic. This is nowhere more true than in church life.

The Apostles’ Creed reminds us of the great truths of the gospel. Saying it should remind us to rejoice in these truths.

It’s not just the portrayal of sex that has the power to reshape our self-image. Fantasy story-lines centering on power and money are just as likely to undermine our characters as alluring images erode the surface.

Esther Blueburger is not like other girls. And that is part of her problem.