Canberra and Goulburn's new Assistant Bishop, Archdeacon Trevor Edwards, has been appointed to head up the diocese's evangelistic efforts, but says his first task will be to ‘restore confidence in the gospel'.

Since being forced to resign as the Chief Executive Officer of the Bulldogs Rugby League Club on March 22, Steve Mortimer has taken some time off to “catch his breath and smell the roses”. Mr Mortimer resigned following the furore over allegations that up to six Bulldogs players sexually assaulted a woman in a Coffs Harbour hotel in February. Mr Mortimer insisted that all players must be “answerable to community standards”.

After more than a decade of negotiations the back block of Bishopscourt, the Archbishop of Sydney's residence, is to be developed and sold.

Debate has fired up between theologians over the merits of the English Standard Version (ESV). Two years after the Bible's release into the Australian market, opinions are divided over the ESV's usefulness in church life and whether the promoters and publishers ‘oversold' the translation.

Ellen Fok would not have made the decision to follow Christ this time last year had it not been for a simple sign advertising English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at All Saints Anglican Church, West Lindfield.

Anti-semitic? Anti-Roman? Too violent? Perhaps, but The Passion is also an opportunity too good to waste.

Our churches need to have a good look at themselves. It seems that we suffer from endemic internal problems.

Clear strategy and cultural sensitivity are imperative for Christians aiming to reach ethnic Australians, writes Ray Galea.