Manly’s new senior minister, the Rev Bruce Clarke, says he is "having a great time" one week into his new job.

After nine years of ministry as rector of St Mark’s, Yagoona, the Rev Peter Ellem has become the new Anglican chaplain to Westmead Hospital.

The new parish centre recently completed at St John’s, Dee Why is just one of the many signs of growth and community connection, with a new assistant minister also appointed.

Anglicare Sydney is spearheading a push by the Sydney Diocese into a new housing development in South-West Sydney that will be home to more than 30,000 people.

This week Sydneyanglicans.net investigates several parishes on the leading edge of the Mission and comes up with three ideas to kick-start your planning for next year’s evangelistic campaign.

Over 200 friends and colleagues have paid tribute to the Georges River Region's Archdeacon Geoff Huard as he prepares to retire after over 30 years of ministry in the Diocese.

Earlier this month American mega-church pastor Mark Driscoll delivered a stinging 18 point critique of evangelicalism in Sydney. This week Sydneyanglicans.net asks a panel of six Sydney Anglican church leaders for their response.

The standing committee of the Diocese of Sydney has expressed its strong support for Bishop Robert Duncan of the American diocese of Pittsburgh, saying it is 'deeply distressed' that he has been deposed by the Episcopal Church.

The rise of new atheism shows no signs of stopping as proponents of the movement continue to write articles and publish books promoting their views. Sydney Anglicans have been quick to engage with this thinking through discussion and debate. The City Bible Forum and Centre for Public Christianity recently brought out Oxford University professor Dr John Lennox to speak on the topic and St Luke’s, Miranda examined Dawkins’ views as part of their annual Anselm Forum this time last year. This week we speak to Roy Williams, the Sydney man who turned his later-in-life quest for the truth about God’s existence into a secular bestseller.

One of the most significant conservative leaders in the United States, Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh, has been deposed from the ordained ministry by the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church.

Church by the Bridge has launched a new Saturday night service as part of its strategy to reach the Kirribilli community.

A foreign language film has taken out the Golden Sparky for the first time at this year’s Ignite Film Festival.

University students have spent two weeks creating a range over 50 diverse event opportunities for sharing the gospel on Australia’s most famous campus.

Sydney Anglicans have featured heavily in the Australian Christian Literature Awards for 2008, which were announced at St Michael’s, Vaucluse on Wednesday night.

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A report leaked in The Canberra Times has revealed five nominees for bishop of Canberra and Goulburn, and the list includes one current and one former Sydney Anglican.

The Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion (EFAC) in Australia announced last month that it will hold a conference which is expected to attract up to 1000 evangelical clergy and lay people from around the country.

Ngukurr’s indigenous community devoted a whole week to celebrating the 100th anniversary of the arrival by boat on the Roper River of the first missionaries to the area.

The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has welcomed what it calls the “resounding” defeat of Victoria’s Physician Assisted Dying Bill 2008, lost last month with a vote of 25 to 13.

The first Connect09 Ambassadors have been trained and are ready to help encourage lay people across Sydney for the campaign which officially kicks off on February 8, 2009.

Youthworks CEO, the Rev Zac Veron has kickstarted the Joan Adams Scholarship to honour his former Sunday School teacher, who was instrumental in his conversion.

Victoria’s Physician Assisted Dying Bill was defeated last month with a vote of 25 to 13. “The Victorian Upper House politicians who voted against this bill should be proud of the role they have played in safeguarding our State from the travesty of turning doctors from carers into killers,” said Australian Christian Lobby Victorian director, Rob Ward.

Christians continue to deny Hindu allegations of ‘paid’ conversions, as violence which started in Orissa has spread to the south-western state of Karnataka.

Early church theologian Augustine is seen as an enemy of our sexually liberated society. ANDREW CAMERON argues moderns could learn much from him – including conservative Christians who refuse to place sexual morality next to idolatry and greed.

Given the market meltdown, it seems strange that voters in the US would seek novice leadership. Jeremy Halcrow believes the desire for radical change betrays a spiritual crisis.

What's the verdict of Driscollmania? Declare war on Sydney’s middle-aged ways!

One of the signs of a healthy church is the need to expand facilities for meeting together around God’s word. Of course it is not an essential sign of health, as some choose to subdivide when growth outstrips facilities, but it is usually an encouraging sign.

Connect09 should be a campaign characterised by a love of God and of our neighbour, and our communities need to see this love in us when we meet them.

Big wigs, beautiful dresses and cultured British accents can't hide the fact that this BBC co-production is little better than Mills and Boon.

There are at least two situations where it would be good to have Roy Williams by your side. The first is in a courtroom with him acting as your lawyer, the other as your guest at a dinner party.