Sydney Anglican Carol Flavin has overcome enormous adversity to take her place in the Commonwealth Games Queens Baton relay.

Following in the footsteps of Florence Nightingale, Deaconess Joan Hartley was overwhelmed and humbled when she heard she was being awarded the Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia.

To describe Campsie, in Sydneys South West, as multicultural is something of an understatement. Approximately half the population were born outside of Australia and about 100 nationalities are represented in the suburb. One of Campsies newest residents is Argentinean-born Moore College graduate Omar Anheluk and his family.

The love of Christ is one of the reasons Paul, the apostle, gives for his concern for the spread of the gospel. An appreciation of the gospel lies at the heart of our motivation for living the normal Christian life.

Everyone believes something "“ even an 'unbeliever. And according to church growth expert Dr Martin Robinson, knowing and understanding the 'faith of the non-Christian is essential to evangelism and church planting.

We cannot really compare salvation in Middle-earth and in this universe, because in Middleearth death is not a punishment, it is a gift. Men have trouble understanding this in Middleearth, and its not surprising, seeing that death is a horrible rupture in human experience.

FEVA (The Fellowship for Evangelism in the Visual Arts) is halfway to reaching its goal of wiping out their deficit of $32,000.

A new report on the growing number of children in care has highlighted the need for early intervention strategies for families, says Anglicare Sydney.