As The Passion of the Christ continues to strike a chord with filmgoers, churches across Sydney have taken opportunities to capitalise on the sudden interest in Jesus.

The Bishop of South Sydney has called for help in reforming church law to aid the ten per cent goal.

It's official. For high school students wanting to meet the opposite sex, Friday afternoon is the new Saturday night.

Clergy applying for ordination in the Sydney Diocese will have their privacy invaded under tough questioning about past misconduct, Philip Gerber, Director of the Diocese of Sydney's Professional Standards Unit, has admitted. But he says it is an invasion of privacy ‘we had to have'.

The Rev David Mansfield, Director of Evangelism Ministries (EM) has resigned after 12 years to become the rector of St Phillip's, York Street.

Church plant of the month: Keen church members at St Edmund's, Eastgardens who are sharing the gospel with their friends and neighbours are continuing to see more people put their trust in Christ.

Canberra and Goulburn's new Assistant Bishop, Archdeacon Trevor Edwards, has been appointed to head up the diocese's evangelistic efforts, but says his first task will be to ‘restore confidence in the gospel'.

Since being forced to resign as the Chief Executive Officer of the Bulldogs Rugby League Club on March 22, Steve Mortimer has taken some time off to “catch his breath and smell the roses”. Mr Mortimer resigned following the furore over allegations that up to six Bulldogs players sexually assaulted a woman in a Coffs Harbour hotel in February. Mr Mortimer insisted that all players must be “answerable to community standards”.