Farewell to Sydney and ministry in the diocese. Au revoir to St. Paul's Chatswood. Hello Canberra and Goulburn...

About a year ago I wrote a short piece outlining Rich and Julie Lanham's pioneering ministry in Gilgandra in Western NSW. Given the high level of interest which that story generated, I decided to contact Rich and get a sense of how the Lord has been prospering this ministry.

Darren introduced himself to me at the Cursillo weekend. I didn’t recognise him at first. We hadn’t met in twenty years.

A fellow approached me at the end of a seminar that I'd conducted in the Diocese of Wellington and said that he had just planted a Cathedral. He had my attention - immediately!

The United Kingdom's Back to Church Sunday program is based on a solid statistical insights into why people lose contact with church. It's positive results suggest it may be a welcome tool in the shed for congregations keen to connect in '09.

Who would have thought that a fishing group could become the key to cracking open the hearts of Aussies hardened to the idea of attending church? Well, Tim Scheuer, for one...

This is a tricky piece for me to write. It concerns my daughter Nicola and the murder of two of her friends. So forgive any apparent lack of objectivity. That said, I hope you will be heartened by this account of God's grace in the light of violence and death.

Our Advent program is underway, but an unplanned mega-event has evolved before our very eyes.

Rich Lanham is one of those rare workers who knows how to turn a community need into a doorway for ministry, without leaving Jesus out in the cold.

It is right that we speak about evangelism and outreach, and we are often blessed with new courses and programs to assist us. But what is really needed is a geuine and quiet confidence in the Gospel combined with a dogged determination.

Church planters are breaking ground all over Australia. Stuart Robinson considers what we can learn from the efforts being made to raise a 'tropical' plant.

Healing services often raise eye-brows in Sydney Anglican circles because of a collective cringe over those who have encouraged others to demand what God does not promise to give. However Stuart Robinson shares a model that can respectfully and faithfully connect with a community's need to be made whole.

That sign you have out the front of your church... said the unidentified female voice on the call I'd just taken, what's this Women helping Women all about anyway?...

Not everyone is a contact made by the church. Some people just wander into the building one day of their own volition. Stuart Robinson considers the special approach to welcoming these 'seekers' and 'shoppers'.

Stuart Robinson delves into the details of a master-plan for evangelism adopted by a single church that may have valuable lessons for Sydney Anglicans all over.

Emerging fresh expressions of church represent a helpful challenge to congregations looking at connecting with our culture, but are 'mission shaped' or simply 'mission flavoured'?

In planning for evangelism I suggest a simple five point ‘orientation tool’ be employed prior to any action. The five points pertain to target, task, team, timing and tools.

Witnessing to your community at Christmas - a blitz or a process? Stuart Robinson examines a real conversion story and the arguments for the long-term lead-up to evangelism.

One of the very best ways to get people mobilised for mission is to give them an assignment and train them accordingly.

This is part of a series entitled 'Just Looking' from St Paul's Anglican Church, Chatswood. The full text of each sermon can be down-loaded by visiting St Paul's web site.

This is part of a series entitled 'Just Looking' from St Paul's Anglican Church, Chatswood. The full text of each sermon can be down-loaded by visiting St Paul's web site.

This is part of a series entitled 'Just Looking' from St Paul's Anglican Church, Chatswood. The full text of each sermon can be down-loaded by visiting St Paul's web site.

This is part of a series entitled 'Just Looking' from St Paul's Anglican Church, Chatswood. The full text of each sermon can be down-loaded by visiting St Paul's web site.

This is part of a series entitled 'Just Looking' from St Paul's Anglican Church, Chatswood. The full text of each sermon can be down-loaded by visiting St Paul's web site.

Door-knocking doesn't have to be daunting. A few tips from a master of the door-mat are all you need to increase safety, accountability and encouragement.