A youth worker and an ethnic ministry expert are looking for opportunities on Sydney’s new frontier.

Sydney Anglicans are getting younger, with more young people being integrated into church life.

The issue of ministry marriage break-ups is a vexed one. Many clergy and laypeople we contacted for this article felt unable to speak on the record because of the perceived fall-out associated with having marriage problems. However, concern about the health of clergy marriages has resulted in the creation of a new course aimed at improving the married lives of Sydney’s ministry workers.

New research shows Anglican churches in Sydney are setting the benchmark for youth ministry. But what happens when young people leave school-age ministry? A third of 19-to-25-year-old attendees say they are dissatisfied with church. Most people agree churches are not catering for this age group. So what more can be done for our school leavers? Share your ideas on our forums.

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Southern Cross reports on the main decisions of the Diocesan Standing Committee in June.

The inaugural SDS Church Administration Conference was ‘sold out’ last month with almost 500 wardens, parish councillors and treasurers attending the free day-long event.

God’s grace, a little funding and a lot of persistence see a small church near Kogarah do great things.

Adam Fuller’s friend once rated Hitler as more likely to become a Christian than him. So what changed this university student?

Ruth Graham’s life was celebrated at a public funeral on June 16, with her husband, world-famous evangelist Billy Graham and five children participating in the program and all 19 of her grandchildren serving as pallbearers.

I have given myself a new title: job creator. Well, attempted job creator.

One significant issue in children's ministry today is the way a recent spate of superhero films have been enlisted in the task of teaching children about Jesus. But, is ‘Jesus is my superhero’ really a helpful way to talk about our saviour?

Last month the NSW Greens moved to send comments of Cardinal George Pell on stem cell research to the Upper House Privileges Committee. Greens’ spokesperson Lee Rhiannon said that Dr Pell brought MPs religious life into the debate, that some people saw it as a threat, so Greens believe the matter needed investigation.

When the prodigal child returns, what happens next?

Can’t find a youth minister? Graham Stanton thinks your perfect candidate may be close at hand.

Tired of going to church? Ask yourself this: am I tired of meeting Jesus Christ?

In Amazing Grace William Wilberforce’s life shows how grace and works cannot be separated.

Black Book is named after a small diary that purports to contain the names of Nazi collaborators and their equally dark deeds. Through it Verhoeven unveils the unpleasant truth that it is far easier to act cruelly than justly.

My wife and I felt a fair degree of sympathy for the late-night host we were watching. She was hopping up and down hoping to entice someone to answer what was obviously a ridiculously easy question, and getting no takers.

Philip Pullman, the author of Northern Lights, may prove to be to children’s literature what Richard Dawkins is to science.

Fall Out Boy (FOB) have achieved their biggest commercial success to date with their fourth album Infinity On High.