Growing Gospel Passions: Building Evangelical Networks across Australia was the theme of this year's Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion (EFAC) Conference. Couldn't get there but wished you had? Free MP3s of key sessions are now available online!

Yes, you read it right, Sydneyanglicans.net is launching its first snow report, though this one will cover more Heaven-sent gifts than frozen water. And who better to do it than the boy's from the Motor Mission - or one of them, anyway. While Julian continues to forge his way across Europe, Nato is finding out what spiritual life survives beneath the snow...

For most of us, clowns equal laughter, wackiness and slapstick antics. So why has Anglicare given oversight of many of its key departments to a self-confessed clown?

Anglicare's Cathryn Thew is training an army of English language teachers who are revolutionising outreach even in Sydney's most Anglo-Saxon suburbs.

A deck, trucks and wheels "“ all you need to clear the air with on-the-edge teens who might not otherwise care for God, says one southern Sydney evangelist.

First created in 1963, the X-Men are genetically mutated human beings. These people have special abilities and often physical quirks "“ excess body hair, wings, strange markings on the skin. With the X-Men narratives the message moves beyond good versus evil, although that certainly plays a part. These stories deal with alienation, what it is to be in the world but not of the world. How should these beings live in a world that fears and despises them?

It is a special church service that gets new people through the door each week. St Andrews Cathedral has farewelled the pastor behind an extraordinary ministry that works miracles in peoples lives, year in, year out.

As Julian enters his first Western country in months, he prepares for a case of 'reverse culture shock'. Countries that have basked in the glow of Christianity for millennia are sadly lacking in enthusiasm, but there are still faithful followers plugging away.