At a time when the parish of Panania is struggling with major property issues, the growing community of believers are also hard at work telling their friends and neighbours about the God they know and trust.

I think it is quite likely that in 50 years' time, our descendants will look back at this period of the history of our culture with wonder and bewilderment. Certainly if it were suggested 50 years ago that there would be dispute about the definition of marriage, all would have been amazed.

Those opposed to the appointment of avowed homosexual Canon Jeffrey John as the new Dean of St Albans received some heavyweight support recently when the Primate of the West Indies, Archbishop Drexel Gomez, said the preferment seriously undermined pleas for restraint.

While churches have done much good in terms of education and health, they could do much more, claims East Timor's Foreign Minister Dr Jose Ramos Horta.

By all accounts it was an ordinary night, even by Kings Cross standards, when a young backpacker with the unforgettable name of Mordechai Vanunu stepped into the entrance hall of St John's, East Sydney. The Moroccan Jew with halting English struck up a conversation with catechist David Smith, then a student at Moore College. He accepted the invitation to join a Bible study.

Concern for the gospel to reach Sydney was the motivation behind the recent decisions to change the evening service, says the Dean of Sydney Phillip Jensen.

Anglican workers investing their superannuation with Sydney's Anglican SuperFund can expect greater returns for their money following the announcement that the organisation is looking to merge with Christian Super, a Sydney-based inter-denominational fund.

The Rev Fred Nile has been nominated as the Christian Democratic Party's Senate candidate, representing New South Wales in the forthcoming Federal Election.