The Sydney Diocese is preparing to announce a raft of incentives and training measures to help fill critical voids in some of the citys richest, but most neglected parishes.

Sydneys wealthier parishes are in distress. Despite record numbers of graduates from Moore College, they cant get ministers.

Steve Timmis and Tim Chester are the authors of Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community, in which they seek to outline their deep convictions about the gospel and church life. Though the book is brief to the point of being terse, and offers theological sketches more than extensive discussions of its main themes, the authors give an excellent account of the nature of the gospel and the authoritative place of Scripture for the churches of Jesus Christ.

If todays 'fragile secular faith shatters, will our churches be able to pick up the pieces?

Outside the suburban Bible belt it is clear that fewer people than ever are willing to enter our churches. The answer? We must take church to the people. But how can this be done? Total Church - the story of The Crowded House, a growing network of church plants in working-class England - suggests what is a deceptively simple solution: we must be intentional about both mission and Christian community.

One of the greatest challenges in youth ministry is making connections - between younger people and older leaders, school students and local churches, and most of all, between believers and unbelievers. Camps are a venue that can achieve all three.

World-renowned theologian Dr Don Carson delivered a challenging talk on the nature of church and state at the Moore Partners annual dinner last night.

No Eye Has Seen is rich in biblical themes and provides an interesting glimpse of heaven and hell.