In part one of this two-part feature, three ministers reflect on the violence they have experienced and how it has changed their views on ministry.

I was introduced to John Anderson in 1991 by a Christian member of the Coalition outside Aussies Café in Parliament House, Australias ultimate power networking venue.

The year 2007 is likely to be the make or break for the Anglican Communion. We may know more of this after the Primates Meeting is held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania later this month.

It arrived in our churchyard, unannounced early one morning. A pale green shipping container, far from new but in pretty good shape.

A new Australian Technical College run by the Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation is set to change the widespread perception that Anglicans are 'middle class.

After our experts rated the five top reasons men hate church, we found front-line ministries that have found a solution.

By the time you read this Ill have swapped the gum trees and gullies of the Blue Mountains for the jacarandas and razor wire of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Women out-number men in our churches nearly 2 to 1. Why do Aussie men appear to hate church? And what, if anything, should we do about it? The issue has sparked an array of seminars and books which claim to provide the answers. The most well-known is the lively and contentious Why Men Hate Church, by red-blooded Alaskan David Murrow. Visit our discussion 'Why men hate church' here