While Dili streets have returned to a relative calm, recent reports of machete-wielding youths and burning and looting in the East Timor capital of Dili are a reminder of the need for the assistance of Australian Christians, say aid groups.

Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Deborah Lovely knows all about commitment.

This Saturday, 18 men received their final instructions before signing up to the most audacious Mission Sydney has seen. These new Anglican presbyters are already on the frontline of Sydney Diocese's plan to see 10 per cent of the population in Bible-believing churches by 2012.

Archbishop Peter Jensen says former federal Labor leader Mark Latham was right when he diagnosed the slow disintegration of the Australian community - and organisations like Anglicare must play a key role in keeping the cracks from spreading.

Julian motors out of Jordan and heads south to the land of the Pharaohs and the eternal traffic jam - Egypt. While meeting missionaries and dodging marriage proposals, he gets a rare insight on a land that is both open and closed to the Gospel.

Garage Hymnal is a group that began life as a EU conference band which is now taking its first steps as an independent force. Sydneyanglicans.net thought you might like a free taste...

Prayer - a distinguishing feature of believers or a source of confusion for outsiders. Jodie McNeal considers its evangelistic potential in Christian meetings.

The opportunity to witness through sport should not be restricted to events like the World Cup and other high profile sporting fixtures. Sydney Anglicans are using their regular sporting commitments as an opportunity to witness to Christians locally and worldwide.