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.

Mission Impossible? From a ‘worldly' perspective, yes, the diocesan goal of reaching 10 per cent of Sydney's affluent, self centred and hardhearted population of nearly four million for Jesus Christ does seem like a daunting task. Well, it so happens that I am writing from Gosford where the World Anglican Chinese Clergy and Workers' Fellowship Conference is being held. Yes, what a mouthful, but what a conference!

Mission Impossible? From a ‘worldly' perspective, yes, the diocesan goal of reaching 10 per cent of Sydney's affluent, self centred and hardhearted population of nearly four million for Jesus Christ does seem like a daunting task. Well, it so happens that I am writing from Gosford where the World Anglican Chinese Clergy and Workers' Fellowship Conference is being held. Yes, what a mouthful, but what a conference!

The Western Sydney Region will launch its first DVD at its Annual Conference at Kellyville Anglican Church on June 19. The DVD is an educational tool for parishes, aimed at promoting strategic planning for mission.

St Peter's, Richmond may have initiated the ninth annual combined Hawkesbury churches ‘Show Outreach' this year, but each church lent their own expertise in meeting the community ‘on their turf'.

Engineer Richard Bow hadn't been happy with his job for some time so when the opportunity to work in Singapore came up he jumped at the chance.

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.