The key give-away for the Connect09 outreach program, The Essential Jesus is now available as a pdf, MP3 and Bible study, so you can be completely familiar with what you are connecting people with.

A group of us from different cities and denominations have just attended a church planters' Boot Camp at Mars Hill Church Seattle : Andrew Heard (Central Coast), Steve Chong (Kirkplace- Kogarah Presbyterian), Guy Mason (Docklands Church, Melbourne), and Mikey Lynch (Hobart) from March 9-10. This was my fourth ministry-related trip to the USA and I think what I'll bring home will be similar to the other three trips, that is – 'the vibe'.

I have begun wondering why you can fill a conference on church planting when almost no one registers for conferences on church. Is it because there is something special about church planting?

With their new solar panel energy 'bank', St John's, Campsie is paving the way for churches to save money on their electricity bills.

'It takes a community to raise a child', the old saying goes. So where does a parent's responsibility begin and end?

When someone phones your church, what response do they receive?

The Church of England Newspaper (27 February 2009) reported that the Anglican Communion's first Anglican-Buddhist bishop was recently elected at a special convention of the Diocese of Northern Michigan. This is an interesting test for TEC, writes Glenn Davies.

A few weeks ago I wrote a short blog asking how we can better support single women in church, especially those over the age of 30. I was deluged with responses, and it became clear to me that we are not doing a good job in this area.