Are shallow, unfulfilling youth groups causing Christian teens to leave church?
Recent polls show Christian teenagers are turning away from the church – and some believe unfulfilling youth groups and parents\' over-dependence on them may have something to do with it..
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'Fair Trade' market returns to Gymea Baptist Church and the Shire
Gymea Baptist Church is hosting the second Fair Trade Market on Friday November 1st from 5pm to 9pm. Last year's Fair Trade Market attracted over 1,000 visitors and it is hoped that even more will attend this year.
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Victims still coming forward to Catholic Church pastoral processes
Victims of child sexual and physical abuse continued to come forward to the Catholic Church pastoral processes during the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into child abuse, the Church announced today.
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Prince George's giant christening card signed by thousands of Christians
Nearly 5,000 Christians have signed a giant card blessing Prince George ahead of his christening on Wednesday.
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Truth Justice and Healing Council: Calls for better child protection in institutions
Calls for a national mandatory accreditation and data collection system for all institutions working with children are part of the Catholic Church's submission to the Royal Commission on child safe institutions.
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Archbishop of Sydney calls for prayer on bushfire crisis
The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, has called on Sydney Anglicans to pray for Rural Fire Service members, emergency service workers and for people and families still in the path of bushfires in Sydney and its surrounds.
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Indigenous Australians, Christians share spiritual sense of land: Archbishop
Christians make spiritual claims about land and its significance which are similar to those made by Indigenous Australians, and reconciled relationships are part of this, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, said last night.
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Church raises funds for victims of Pakistan suicide bomb attack
The Methodist Church in Britain has sent the Diocese of Peshawar in Pakistan £5000 (US$8000) following the suicide bomb attack on a church last month.
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Vatican misspells Jesus as 'Lesus' on Pope Francis coin
The Vatican misspelled the name of \"Jesus\" and was forced to recall thousands of papal medals due to the error.
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Anglicans and Copts unite in prayer for Egypt, Syria and the Middle East
People caught up in conflict and unrest in Egypt, Syria and the wider Middle East are being remembered in prayer today by Anglicans and Copts.
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Two ministers defect to Free Church over gay ministers row
Two ministers who left the Church of Scotland over its decision to allow gay ministers have been formally admitted to the Free Church of Scotland.
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Prayers for Kenyans impacted by the Westgate tragedy
Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed "profound sadness" over the killings at the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, Kenya last week. While condemning these acts of violence in two letters to Kenyan churches and the nation's president, he offered prayers for all those impacted by this tragedy.