The rector of one of Sydney's largest churches says leaders must set the example by inviting friends to church.

With the majority of churches in South Sydney region having less than 150 members, the struggle is often to stretch resources to maintain ministry to the ageing Australian-born congregation.

This book comes with a solid endorsement by JI Packer, who tells us that Michael Horton's ‘enlivening wisdom is surely a godsend to all evangelicals'. As you leaf through the book you find sharp observations about how we run church and helpful secular wisdom about church, religion, and Gen-X and Y thinking. Most importantly, one discovers a serious attempt to maintain the primacy of the word of God, over and against a modern tendency within evangelical churches to be simultaneously seeker-driven and theologically vacuous.

ANDREW SHEAD says there is more to praise than criticise in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Women have a long history of creative and courageous contributions to gospel ministry in our Diocese

LIZ HOGARTH speaks to Brisbane Lions' AFL star Shaun Hart.

A group of eight people from churches around Sydney responded to a call from the Indian Gospel League (IGL) to provide more training for new leaders earlier this winter.