So great have been the technological changes of the last decades that many church buildings have had to undergo radical alterations. The result are frequently incoherent and messy.

Radical moves by the Church of England may see cafés and nightclubs opened up in parish buildings to pay for church planting, and historic bishop’s houses and palaces sold if they do not meet strict financial targets.

George Whitefield Theological College in Cape Town, South Africa, has announced the appointment of its first indigenous African lecturer. The college says the appointment of the Rev Siegfried Ngubane to the long-awaited Lectureship in African Church Planting and Leadership Ministries is an initiative to address the needs of a growing number of multi-racial churches.

With the nation’s emergency response arrangements under review, the role of Christian agencies in disaster recovery has been given unprecedented support by Australian governments.

Former TV producer Allan Dowthwaite has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Anglican Media Sydney.

One of the Sydney Diocese’s most well known figures was at the centre of a seafaring accident that gripped an entire community during a routine summer holiday in January.

In an unprecedented move, the Standing Committee of the Sydney Diocese has called on Anglicare, the NSW and Federal governments and its own members to review the decision to close Anglicare’s Kingsdene Special School and Residences.

Church plant of the month: With ABS statistics showing Glenmore Park to have one of the highest rates of children per household in Australia, and the 7pm service growing so much that parishioners were sitting in the back hall area, the ministry team at Glenmore Park Anglican Church knew another service was needed.