A schedule of 25 talks in five days is a huge task for anyone to undertake, but for the Rev Simon Manchester the hard work has bred nothing but admiration for Chiles pastors.

Dave Yung has mastered the art of 'flow. By 'flow I mean the ability to almost seemlessly move people from gentle first contact to faith in Christ, to discipling, to active involvement in outreach and ministry. Dave is the innovative 'International Pastor at tiny Peninsula Church (PCC) in Pyrmont, where I was previously senior pastor. With risk of grossly over-simplifying what is often a tortuous process, I want to lay out how Dave (with intent) has employed the concept of 'flow.

What is the future of Jesus in the secular west? Is he passing into history? What future did Jesus himself envisage? He predicted the coming of God's kingdom what was it it and did it come? In the 2005 Boyer Lecture, Dr Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney, re-evaluates Jesus Christ and provocatively examines some of the key issues surrounding him.

Anglicare is to build new low-care aged facilities as the foundation of a long-term strategy to solve the funding problems facing its eight Chesalon nursing homes in Sydney and the South Coast.

Jodie McNeill suggests six ways to avoid the dis- heartening experience of seeing growing teenagers leave your youth group.

Nathan Brown and Julian Price have begun an epic journey by motor bike which will take them from India to England, crossing some of the world's most desolate and dangerous territory along the way. The point? Encouraging Christians doing it tough for God. Click here to read their first blog as they pick up their wheels in Dehli...

Two CMS missionaries based in Japan are helping to use the culture's fascination with 'manga' comics to teach a new generation the Bible's view of love, sex and marriage.

Synod has given a mixed reaction to a motion that could threaten the job security of ministers in provisional parishes.