The first major outdoor event of GAFCON has seen 1200 people travel to the Mount of Olives to sing, pray and take advantage of a helicopter photo opportunity.

More than 100 leaders of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) joined Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem in a prayer service just hours before the opening session addressed by the Archbishop of Nigeria, Peter Akinola.

Recent research into the beliefs of Generation Y has completely demolished the idea "“ popular among some church leaders - that unchurched young people are spiritual seekers who have merely been put off by the institution of the church.

Estimates from the 2006 National Church Life Survey (NCLS) show that Sydney Anglican churches are only connecting with around 10,000 teenagers. A recent trail-biking weekend for teenage sons and their dads run by Christ Church based at Penrith Anglican College (PAC) tops the list of the most effective strategies to connect with unreached young people. The trail-biking proved a roaring success. Four out of five of those who came were not Christians. As Sydney Anglicans receive statistics of their congregation profiles this month, there is hope for those who might feel disheartened by the lack of young people in their pews.

A fellow approached me at the end of a seminar that I'd conducted in the Diocese of Wellington and said that he had just planted a Cathedral. He had my attention - immediately!

What approaches are churches employing to connect todays unchurched youth with Jesus? One set of approaches can be gathered under the heading of 'relational youth work. These approaches typically draw on the doctrine of the incarnation of Christ as the central theological motif for youth ministry outreach.

When Roma Mitchell studied law at the University of Adelaide in the 1930s, she couldnt join the Law Students Society. Why? Because of her sex.

While Australia may be Amou Jobs second home, in her heart of hearts it might as well be her first.