Simply Christianity is a breath of fresh air in evangelistic courses. Rather than having newcomers follow through a set of detached statements over a number of weeks, Simply Christianity introduces newcomers to Jesus by structuring the course around the gospel of Luke. As writer John Dickson says in the introduction to the Leader's Manual: "The methodology is simple. Let the Gospel tell the gospel!"

Baptisms by the beach were the order of the day for three new members of the Christians in the Media congregation taking part in a life-changing weekend away.

Strathfields Korean congregation is recruiting a new pastor to help cope with their own success in their inner-western community. The Rev Kevin Kim, pastor at St Andrew's, Strathfield, is bringing his former mentor Jae Koo Shin back from Korea to help consolidate and continue the churchs growth.

The spread of the Gospel in India is being given a helping hand courtesy of a union of concerned Sydney parishes. From Nowra to Naremburn, parishes across Sydney are sending teams overseas to assist with the work of the India Gospel League (IGL).

Although The Da Vinci Code sits squarely in the airport novel genre it maintains that its views on Christ and his church are factual. One of the first to take issue with Brown's assertions is Dr Darrell L. Bock.

When I turned to Christ in my late teens, I entered immediately into the struggle that every Christian of Chinese background must deal with – what to do, and what not to do, about ancestral veneration/worship and other Chinese traditions.

The screening of My Foetus was a moment of honesty, but the battle is far from over, writes ANDREW CAMERON.

Right at the beginning of history, we discover a clear political dimension to reality. The creation accounts reveal that it is God who rules. After establishing his rule and order God hands over the maintenance of that order to humankind.