Two Sydney Anglicans have flown out on an epic road trip visiting Middle Eastern Christians after successfully solving some last-minute transport issues.

Anglican Church League Chairman, Robert Tong has taken ACL members and guests on an epic journey to the other side of the globe and through history at the ACLs annual first night of Synod Dinner.

One of the most important resources we have is our human resources. And I dont just mean volunteer time. I also mean our intellectual resources. As society changes, so we must 'reinvent our ministry methods. In earlier days the church bell would ring and people would come. That no longer works. We still need to do the same things, but reinvent the 'how. We need to invite people to church. We need to reach children. We need to teach the Bible. The question always is, 'how?

Archbishop Peter Jensen has preached a combination of congratulations and caution to a packed audience at Sydneys Town Hall on the first night of this years Sydney diocesan Synod.

Christian doctors Luke and Nancy Cutherall hoped and prayed the rumours of destruction trickling out of the Pakistani city of Balakot were overstatements. The truth took their breath away.

Deb Chen has been burning the midnight oil to prepare The Ephesus Code DVD for its launch at Synod today, but the work has been worthwhile for the video producer and marketing manager.

Its been called the most secularised nation on earth. Yet this is not some far-flung land half a world away, or an inaccessible Islamic country; its right on our doorstep, just across the Tasman Sea "“ New Zealand.

It is 450 years since Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley died. GORDON CHENG explains why they matter to us today.