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.

Greens Senator Ms Lee Rhiannon MLC has launched a NSW Greens Private Member's Bill that seeks to change NSW anti-discrimination law, and which if passed will give Christian schools and theological colleges less say over who works for them and who they can enrol as students. The Bill would also give religious organisations less say over who they provide services to.

Anglican Media's late night television series, Good Sex, has achieved unprecedented media coverage since its release in April.