The winner of this year's Australian Christian Literature Society's Book of the Year takes a 'softly, softly' approach to communicating the good news to post-modern hearts.

As the Sydney Diocese prepares for the second week of 2006 synod meetings, Bruce Ballantine-Jones reflects on that particular congregation's past and the lessons for current representatives.

Luke Beardmore and Dannie Boyd are part of an evangelistic wave begun in Sydney that is set to flood surfing communities worldwide.

In the past fortnight two private members bills have been presented to the Federal parliament, paving the way for experimentation on embryos. These Bills open the way for the creation of cloned human embryos, allow for the creation of embryos with more than two genetic parents, and even permit the creation of human-animal embryos (hybrids).

Last night, Sydney Anglicans chose to get even more serious about recruiting and training Christian teachers for both public and Church Schools.

Aboriginal pastors say the welcoming of Indigenous Christians to the Dioceses governing body could start more Aboriginal churches and encourage their people to pursue theological education.

After nine years of waiting - with many new members along the way - St Matthews, Ashbury has come full circle and is once again a fully-fledged parish.

Sydney Synod has voted to ensure safety in ministry by approving new, simpler policies in dealing with complaints of sex abuse and misconduct.