Marge and David Briggs are veterans of the 1959 Billy Graham crusade, with over 50 years of Christian service behind them. They are also two of the first residents of Sydneys newest Anglican Retirement Village "“ Woolooware Shores "“ and are keen to make their new home a hub for ministry.

A Tasmanian bishop has made a personal pilgrimage to Sydney to thank a speaker who has been inspiring his efforts to connect faith with life for four decades.

An aversion to sunlight, a sickly childhood and a failed engagement: Kierkegaard knew all about anxiety, writes PETER BOLT.

While Dili streets have returned to a relative calm, recent reports of machete-wielding youths and burning and looting in the East Timor capital of Dili are a reminder of the need for the assistance of Australian Christians, say aid groups.

Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Deborah Lovely knows all about commitment.

This Saturday, 18 men received their final instructions before signing up to the most audacious Mission Sydney has seen. These new Anglican presbyters are already on the frontline of Sydney Diocese's plan to see 10 per cent of the population in Bible-believing churches by 2012.

Archbishop Peter Jensen says former federal Labor leader Mark Latham was right when he diagnosed the slow disintegration of the Australian community - and organisations like Anglicare must play a key role in keeping the cracks from spreading.

Julian motors out of Jordan and heads south to the land of the Pharaohs and the eternal traffic jam - Egypt. While meeting missionaries and dodging marriage proposals, he gets a rare insight on a land that is both open and closed to the Gospel.