This week, Sydneyanglicans.net speaks with John Fry, a member of St Johns, Beecroft, about his ministry to the Iranian community for the past seven years. Mr Fry has visited Iranian detainees in Villawood Detention Centre and is helping new migrants settle into life in Australia through Neighbours and Friends, an organisation he co-founded with Amir Mesrinejad

Around 100 people gathered on Saturday for Neighbours and Friends first celebration picnic. The ministry to new migrants "“ run by Sydney Anglicans John Fry and Amir Mesrinejad "“ is helping Iranian Christians to settle in Sydney, while some Sydney Anglican churches are connecting with their Iranian neighbours. As Sydney Anglicans consider how they can make meaningful connections with those from different nationalities, we look at how churches and individuals are building fruitful ministries to this particular people group, who are increasingly finding Christ in Sydney. As you look around your streets, who is the 'Iranian neighbour' in your midst?

The debate over who has the right to officiate at the Lord's Supper is engaging Christians across the planet, particularly in the light of recent synod decisions by the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church. The following is intended as a helpful online resource for those seeking to understand the Sydney Anglican position.

There are 19 ministry apprenticeship vacancies on offer - three specifically for women - and MTS want to know if you are the right person for the job.

The man behind the relaunching of the Katoomba Youth Leadership Convention (KYLC) under a new name - Next Gen "“ has warned that interest is so high that people should register now or risk missing out.

In a first for the Centre for Public Christianity, John Dickson and Greg Clarke will teach up to half of Macquarie Uni's new Master of Arts in Early Christian and Jewish Studies.

This is an account of Jesus that emphasises his context. Its a slice through his last year along with every thing else of note in the historically recorded world. Its claim is that many of the events of AD33 shifted the human history of the world and still do.

In a recent Sydney Morning Herald Immigration Minister Senator Chris Evans was quoted as acknowledging the deleterious health impacts on physical and mental wellbeing of long-term detention, from a speech he made in July 2008.