Beach mission has become a summer holiday tradition for Joel Atwood, 21. He has led junior teen teams on Scripture Union Family Missions at Hallidays Point and Harrington for the past four years and is now preparing for a years short-term mission in Vanuatu. He answers our questions about his insights into the joys and challenges of beach mission.

Corporate prayer - an powerhouse for spiritual growth or public embarrassment? Mark Dever, the pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC shares his insights on the significance of corporate prayer for believers and non-believers in a church service.

This summer, over 800 Anglicans were part of beach mission teams up and down the NSW coast. Since 1888, Christians from their teens to their fifties and sixties have happily packed their tents and togs for a week-and-a-half of outreach activities, following those who are normally their neighbours to the seaside. And they keep coming back year after year. But are these missions still an effective way of reaching holidaymakers?

After 20 years of faithful ministry at Figtree Anglican Church, Rod Irvine is heading north of the border.

This years Katoomba Youth Leaders Convention is remaining at the cutting edge by equipping participants for the upcoming World Roman Catholic Youth Day.

The Scriptures are the glasses by which we bring the world into focus. Pastor and evangelist Phillip Jensen helps us do those glasses, through a series of essays about living in God's world, from the perspective of God's word.

Many people have wondered if they have a book inside of them somewhere - the question is, is it one of John Bunyan's? Now is your chance to take part in an on-line project to re-write a Christian classic for 21st century readers.

Few Christians would deny the importance of reading Christian books. They can help us grow in knowledge, strengthen our faith and broaden our perspective. However, not everything released is edifying. Your.Sydneyanglicans.net has spoken to Christian book publishers and sellers to find out what Christians are reading now, what concerns them and what reading trends we are likely to see in 2008. Read full story »
Read Joseph Smiths Indepth column Readers Indigestible to find out what Christians were reading most in 2007.