Nick Hadges is a busy man. An apprentice with the Ministry Training Strategy, part of his week is spent as a paid youth worker at St Davids, Arncliffe. The motorbike riding, Greek-born pastor also teaches scripture in several local high schools. Mr Hadges, 43, wants to minister to young people for the rest of his life. Thats why he is keen on a move to allow people like him to become ordained as deacons without the expectation that he will give up youth work one day to become a priest.

There are few novelists who can write about faith in a real and evocative way. Depending upon the writers experiences, depictions of Christian people and their faith tends either towards bitterness or triumphalism. Tim Winton is one exception.

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As Australia becomes the worlds largest donor in the tsunami disaster, Sydney Anglicans are continuing to rally around stricken communities of South Asia as the crisis enters its 13th day.

A mission field of 28,000 for one person is a difficult ratio in anyones language. It is even more difficult when that language is Mandarin.

St Matthews, Ashbury is Sydneys newest provisional parish thanks to the assistance of Summer Hill.

The following sermon was preached by Archbishop Jensen at the Summer School of the Church Missionary Society (NSW Branch). Because of the occasion, it seeks to consider the challenge of Christian mission in a world that has suffered the tremendous catastrophe of the recent tsunami. The offertory at the service was dedicated to the relief of sufferers and the Archbishops Overseas Aid and Relief Fund is also appealing for financial support.

The notion of 'family has received much bad press over recent years, with a lack of general consensus about the definition of family, the role of males and females within relationships and the importance of family structures.