George Conger, a conservative minister and journalist from Florida, reports for Southern Cross from Niagara, Canada.

Archbishop Greg Venables, Primate of the Southern Cone (South America), speaking on behalf of 22 Primates of the Anglican Communion called last month for the expulsion of the Anglican Church of Canada from the Communion.

The Rector of Adelaide's oldest church expects evangelism to be much more difficult and said there is much work to be done in caring for survivors in the wake of an independent report into mishandling of child sex abuse.

At its annual general meeting in June, the New South Wales branch of the Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion (EFAC) farewelled its retiring Chairman, Bishop Ray Smith, Sydney Diocese's former Georges River Regional Bishop. He was replaced by Bishop Peter Brain of Armidale.

Child protection and the handling of sexual abuse claims will be the most important issues on the agenda at General Synod this year, says retiring General Secretary of the Anglican Church of Australia, the Rev Dr Bruce Kaye.

Several prominent Sydney Anglicans are recipients in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

The parish of Blackheath is undergoing the difficult process of reform with the impending closure of two branch churches.

The Sydney Standing Committee has bolstered the heavyweight pressure being put on the Archbishop of Canterbury's Lambeth Commission to penalise the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) over the controversial appointment of Bishop V. Gene Robinson.