ESL (English as a Second Language) classes helped one woman from China unearth "buried treasure" at Merrylands Anglican parish.

John Woodhouses newly released commentary, '1 Samuel: Looking for a Leader, sets a new high water mark in preaching from the Old Testament.

When Salome Kohli Googled Bible colleges from her home-town in Switzerland last year, she never imagined she would spend 2008 in Sydney.

Anglican churches are demanding more assistance in tackling family breakdown within the church and in the general community. In fact, parish ministers have identified marriage problems in the community as one of the biggest challenges they face. They want help with strengthening marriages, family relations and teen support. Anglicare and some Sydney Anglican parishes are doing what they can to help.

The need for strong family relationships is one thing Wendy Morris has heard loudly and clearly articulated by parishes during her time as Anglicares Parish Partnership Co-ordinator.

Every church is cultural to some extent. Unwittingly, unknowingly perhaps, all churches run the danger of baptising their particular cultural values in the font of Christianity.

Sydney Anglican Col Peet is helping Goma's HEAL Africa hospital to care for survivors of Tuesday's freak plane crash.

Connect09, the diocese-wide evangelistic campaign, has gone live on the web at connect09.com