Arguably Sydney Dioceses greatest living theologian has been honoured by the launch of three new books that aim to bring his teachings to a new generation.

The culture and society of one quarter of the worlds population is all too easily squeezed into uniform Western generalisations. But as Rob Gifford explains, China is so vast and diverse that it is better understood as a continent or even an empire.

Of all the mental images that are conjured at the mention of a goat, do you imagine a wealthy so-called Christian too miserly to help the poor?

CMS Summer School stalwarts admit they were left rattled and shocked by a presentation yesterday on indigenous ministry that highlighted the extraordinary need to recruit missionaries for our own nation.

Genuine Christians are always going to look a little weird. Its not normal to spend your hard-earned cash on or your precious time praying for people in obscure countries that youve never even met. Its certainly not normal to leave everything you know for potential frustration and deprivation somewhere else. But it all makes senses when youre following a king who did that and more...

The not-for-profit sector is being reshaped by Generation Y who have a preference for services and ministries that they can support hands-on. Andrew Robinson who has spent the past year as a short-term missionary with Johannesburg's homeless says that his generation sees 'overseas travel as a right and living overseas as part of their education. This trend is reigniting debate about the place of short-termers in overseas missions, and CMS NSW admits the pressure is building on them to address the concerns of the younger generations...

Language teacher Suzanne Rowe shares her experiences of living the Christian life in China where the sentence Can I ask you? all-too-easily becomes Can I kiss you? with one tiny change of tone.

Lucky died just weeks before we returned to Australia. While begging at the lights, Lucky was hit by a car and died instantly.