Are Sydney churches breaking the law? If they are screening any part of a pre-recorded film in church without permission, the answer is yes.

The care of others is the duty of any pastor. But pastors can soon be overwhelmed by the emotional demands imposed by others. Once burnout sets in, pastors can’t give of themselves to others. The gas is gone. This week we speak to a minister and a bishop who share their own experiences of burnout. Readers can also download our Burnout Checklist and assess themselves for signs of burnout.

St John’s, Kirribilli’s Chinese congregation is relocating to explore new mission opportunities.

The man behind Southern Cross’ former ‘Diary of a Church Planter’ is now running his own parish.

Sydney’s top evangelical Bible teachers are reaching new audiences around the world thanks to the latest online technology: vodcasting. One in 10 Sydney Anglicans already use podcasting services. How will this change the face of church in future? Discuss this with E-vangelist David Horne this week on our forum.

A possible ruling allowing diocesan bishops to appoint women bishops by the Appellate Tribunal of the Anglican Church in Australia is unlikely to affect the average Sydney Anglican, says Anglican Church League Chairman, Robert Tong.

Southern Cross reports on the big decisions of the Diocese in April.

A former prisoner and drug user is now an Anglicare volunteer.

Andrew Robinson, recently graduated as a journalist from Sydney Uni, is spending this year as a ministry trainee at Melville Union Church in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Letters to the editor for the month of May.

Church by the Bridge commenced meeting in February 2005 in the St John’s, Kirribilli building and two years later has grown to two evening congregations.

Hours after the worst mass shooting in modern US history Americans turned to prayer.

Southern Cross is a vital source of the news, opinions and views on the latest issues, resources and events affecting the church, both locally and around the world for over 325 parishes, schools and institutions - this month's power-point promotion slide now available...

The latest Christian news from around the world.

As Anglican Youthworks welcomes its new CEO, it faces a future of challenge and opportunity.

No amount of theorizing will help us to appreciate how destructive and debilitating the care of others can be.

You can learn a lot from the heroes people follow. Among the post-boomer clergy of this diocese one newish hero is Mark Driscoll.

Fleeting media attention often means we remain oblivious to horrific human rights abuses and disaster situations. In many of our congregations we are, unfortunately, locally focused.

One of the top rating internet radio shows amongst Australian teenagers was born in the toilet of Central Coast Evangelical Church’s youth minister.

It is natural that Christian parents should long for their children to be believers. We have to acknowledge, however, that this is not an outcome we can organise or guarantee.

Academy Award-nominated documentary Deliver Us From Evil is a disturbing and tragic account of the abuse of power and people by those with authority in the church.

Television news is dumbing the world down, but the bigger problem is that we hardly care. It suits us to be amused rather than informed.

I had never really given much thought to what I would do as a minister if confronted by a disaster situation but in a fallen world disasters are like lightning strikes; perhaps unlikely in any one place, but certain to hit somewhere.

One look at The Unhappy Goldfish told me that I had a winner on my hands when it came to my two young boys.