Most books on church planting, church growth and ethnic ministries use the Homogeneous Unit Principle (HUP). Don't be scared off, this is just a big term for what we all know and observe; that people want to be with people who are like them. We see it every day in who we gather around us as friends, who we spend time with at parties and where we choose to live.

Craig Blacket says he has encountered many difficulties in making his vision for TAFE ministry a reality. “Our Anglican middle class culture likes things neat and balanced, but God's not like that. God loves to lead the charge from the front.”

Two years ago Jamilla was at her wit's end. She was isolated and alone trying to bring up two daughters in a foreign country, which had customs and laws she couldn't understand.

A new report by Anglicare says girls who do not finish high school are less likely to find jobs than boys, and the charity is calling on the government to address the growing problem that is hurting young Australians.

Redfern is an area better know for its community tension than its sense of community. But a new theatre company for young people with links to the local Anglican church is hoping to redress this balance.

With the Rev Stephen Calder, Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church, Belfast, Nth Ireland.

Former Bishop of North Sydney Paul Barnett said by following the Apostle Paul's lead, Anglican churches could do much to address the long-term causes of poverty. Speaking at Anglicare's Festival Celebration last month, Bishop Barnett said two factors enable a family to emerge from poverty: a commitment to spouse and children, and a commitment to work.

Lual Doong is the father of three small daughters, a former Sudanese refugee and an ordained Anglican minister. And now he is proud to call himself a pastor at St Paul's, Wentworthville and a second-year student at Moore Theological College.