Luke recorded the great commission in two forms, in Luke 24: 44-49 and Acts 1: 6-11. In both accounts the resurrected Jesus addressed his disciples and was then taken up into heaven. The importance of this commission dawns upon us when we realise that it comes not just from the man Jesus, and that is significant enough, but from the resurrected Lord and, even with greater force, when we realise that they are his very last words to the disciples. They demand our reading, learning and constant meditation.

Anglicare has taken the first step in rolling out a ministry training program across the Diocese that will ensure the Anglican Church provides effective ministry to socially disadvantaged communities.

The church will go nowhere but into oblivion if it ministers to children only as a survival strategy.

The United States Supreme Court, in a new rendering on separation of church and state, has voted to allow states to withhold scholarships from students studying theology.

Condolences from church leaders around the world have been sent to Spanish Christians following the recent terror attacks in Madrid.

Will the Anglican Communion see an imminent parting of the ways? British newspapers have, on more than one occasion in the last few weeks, predicted that the worldwide Anglican Communion is moving closer to a break-up.

For the seventh year running St Michael's, Surry Hills has brought the gospel to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras and have received gratitude for their efforts in return.

Anglican Church leaders have defended Prime Minister John Howard's criticism of new ACT laws allowing homosexual couples to adopt children, claiming society's emphasis on the rights of the individual has gone too far.