The 'truths chronicled by Perrotta in The Abstinence Teacher are mostly concerned with sex, a subject with which most of his characters are unsettlingly obsessed (and one which saturates the book, in some fairly distasteful ways).

What is an "evangelical"? There is a series of similar words that are commonly confused such as "evangelical", "evangelism", "evangelistic", "evangelise", "evangelist" and "evangelicalism". These words carry so much meaning to the initiated but are quite confusing to others.

Sydney Anglicare's Bondi office's final Care 2 Run campaign and cafe metres from the City 2 Surf finishing line has raised $30,000.

Toongabbie Anglican has just seen their 'Christmas in Winter womens event sell out, with 25 per cent of the tickets going to visitors. Rector of Toongabbie, Raj Gupta says the key to running a successful event which reaches your community is not coming up with the best idea, or even clever marketing, but the process of giving lay people ownership.

NCLS have calmed fears raised by August's Southern Cross, that a hold-up in releasing their Community Connection Packs may make it difficult for parishes to place accurate Bible resource orders by Connect09s mid-October deadline.

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In a quantum leap forward compared to what has provided in previous years, every church will receive a unique Community Social Profile with coloured maps, pictures and tables. The profiles show the social make-up of a community, how it is distinctive and how it has changed, in an easy to understand format.

Jenna Allens goal in life was to own her own home before she turned 22. She also planned to be well on her way to a high-flying legal career. Her own life expectations were starting to become overwhelming. But the pressure to meet that expectation evaporated once she was given Gods word.