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American Anglican Church Set to Back-Down on Gay Marriages

The Anglican Church of America (ECUSA) is preparing for an unexpected back-down on the controversial issue of homosexuality, the Telegraph has reported..

  • Builders and Dreamers: Creating Sustainable Ministry with Young People

    On the 3rd March 2006, Broken Bay Institute after years of consultation with Catholic youth ministry leaders is proud to hold the first ever national symposium in Sydney, attracting all Australian Catholic youth ministries in July.

  • Catholics Commemorate 1st Anniversary of Pope John Paul II Death

    On the 2nd April 2006, the doors of St Mary Cathedral would be opened throughout the day to all people who wished to pray or reflect on the life of Pope John Paul II as millions around the world prepared to commemorate the first anniversary of his death.

  • Anglican Head Calls for Joint Interfaith Effort against Global Ills

    WASHINGTON – Faith communities need to promote confidence and earn trust in order to face the common problems that confront the world, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion exhorted Wednesday during a Christian-Muslim conference at Georgetown University.

  • Paul's Liberating Vision for Men and Women

    On the 21st March 2006, the Centre for Christian Ethics and Social Issues Committee of the Baptist Churches of NSW & ACT, presented Bishop Tom Wright the Anglican Bishop of Durham (UK) and Mary Fisher who taught at Asbury Theological Seminary for 10 years to address the controversial issue of ordaining women in the church.

  • Record Graduates At Moore College

    On the 20th March 2006, 123 graduates along with their family and friends were celebrating and the sound of joys could be heard through Sydney Town Hall as the ‘workers of the gospel’ were being sent out to different countries and ministries to reap a bountiful harvest.

  • World Evangelical Heads Hold Meeting in U.S. to Strengthen Alliance

    Top international figures from the World Evangelical Alliance are meeting in San Francisco this week to hammer out its vision and identify key points of engagement for the future.

  • Church Apologizes Over Aids Stigma

    The Anglican Church has apologized to AIDS patients for its role in discrimination of the patients.

  • Commonwealth Game Theme Sunday Service At Wesley

    On the 19th March 2006, the Commonwealth Game in Melbourne with the potential to attract up to one billion television viewers has spurred the Wesley Mission Reverend Keith Garner to conduct a special ‘Commonwealth Games Special Service’ at 7pm at Wesley Centre Sydney.

  • New Zealand Churches ‘Facing Slow Death’

    On the 17th March 2006, Captain Richard Dyer from the Church Army (a society of evangelists within the Anglican Church) gave a bleak assessment at a pastor forum held at Waimate, South Canterbury, New Zealand about pastors ‘grasping for life’ as the churches were ‘facing a slow death,’ reported the New Zealand Herald.

  • ‘Colour Your World Women Conference’ Head Towards Its 10th Anniversary

    From the 23rd March to the 1st April 2006, Hillsong is presenting its COLOUR Your World Women Conference, which aims to carry out a divine mandate to ‘gather thousands of women together united in friendship to bring heaven on earth by responding to the needs of humanity.’

  • Australian Churches Growing

    On the 13th March 2006, the National Church Life Survey (NCLS) gave a comprehensive picture of church growth in Australia where it reported the Assembly of God had the largest denominational growth (20%) followed by the Baptist Churches (8%) and the Churches of Christ (7%).