It is facile to imagine all life’s difficult questions can be distilled down to a simple choice between black and white. Much as we’d like the easy answer, time and consideration point to a more reasoned response. St Paul’s... 
Situated in the southern suburbs of this prosperous West African sea port, midway between the city’s main railway station and its home team football stadium, the Cathedral of Benguela, Angola, Sé Catedral de Nossa Senhora de...
With regard to neighbours Adelaide is five hundred and sixty five miles from the next major city Melbourne. Outside Australia it’s over eight thousand miles to LA, even NZ is four hours away by aeroplane. Yet here in Adelaide,...
A school, a theater and an industrial unit; a congregation of the unlikely you might say, yet this enigmatic association has a single community at its heart, and a very potent one at that. Elevation Church is new, robust, and...
Drive south on I-35 from Minneapolis and, before crossing the state line between Minnesota and Iowa, you will discover the small town of Owatonna. Home of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church boasting a congregation of about eight...
To outgrow the Excel Centre in just four short years takes some expansion, but then of all the contemporary Christian movements Hillsong knows all about harnessing momentum. So it was that the O2 Arena was for three days host to...
Finally the British press has acknowledged that actually it may be no bad thing for a spiritual dimension to enter the lives of the nation’s populace. For this we must thank the recent visit by His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI. Of...
Clean lines, four square and solid; look closely at the walls of City Kirken in Arhus, Denmark, and you'll notice the bricklayer has adopted a most unusual bond; one that when viewed from afar produces a striking herringbone...
Orlando's Church in the Son is located north east of downtown Orlando, Florida, well away from the Sunshine State's attractions around International Drive and Buena Vista. Although placed in the 'megachurch' category by the...
The Gereja Generasi Apostolik or Apostolic Generation Church (AGC) is a non-denominational church in Jakarta. Founded by Indri Gautama and seven other people as recently as 2002, its membership soared and by March 2007, AGC was...
Netherton lies a few miles south of Dudley, the undisputed centre of the Black Country. It is bounded on three sides by canals, the first motorways of the industrial age and now one of the major tourist attractions of a...
The towns and cities that hug the M62 in West Yorkshire are too often associated with terms such as 'urban decay', 'deprivation' and 'social dysfunction'. It is all too easy to forget that Leeds, Bradford and Halifax were...
The new purpose-built House of the Catholic Church in Stuttgart is, as convention demands, a polite fusion of the very sensible needs of the Church and the contemporary mores of modern architecture. An unlikely place to find a...
The received wisdom tells us church numbers are in catastrophic freefall, yet some Christians are quietly and efficiently getting on with the job of making church relevant for its brethren in the 21st Century. For relevant read...
Located in the tranquil eastern suburb of Blackburn, Melbourne, One Community Church (OCC) is at once new and approachable; a focus for faith that supports the quest for answers to the who, what, why and how of modern living in...
A family day out for twelve thousand at Millwall football ground, an unlikely setting you might say, but Millwall has travelled a long way from its dreadful reputation of the eighties. Focussed on the day of Pentecost, Global...
A seminal location in the annals of Contemporary Worship in the United States, The Church On The Way in Van Nuys California, and its founding Pastor Jack Hayford, are respected for their contribution in leading Christian...
Lee University in Cleveland Tennessee is experiencing growth in all aspects of life; expanded curricula, extended facilities' and of course a growing student body. With its foundations firmly rooted in the fertile soils of The...
Based in the Capital of Indonesia, the Charismatic GBI (Gereja Bethel Indonesia) Church has a vigorous ten-year history, growing in typical fashion from a small but committed inspirational movement to its current widespread...
Calvary Revival in Norfolk Virginia is a vigorous church with an even more energetic congregation. This is a church that embraces the credo, 'rejoice', and with such gusto that it demanded a robust response from the technology...
Religious relics hold a mystical charm throughout many theologies; for Buddhists more than most. Buddha was mortal, one of us, a man who left his indelible mark upon the consciousness of many. In that respect his remains hold a...
Hillsong and Planetshakers, the names themselves evoke potent emotional images, one illusory the other literal. Each is concerned with a revitalised Christian movement with a focus on youth. Where so often in the absence of any...
A jewel of neo-Georgian architecture, all red brick and rectangles, Chilhowee Hills Baptist Church evokes muted grandeur by virtue of its position on a gentle rise of well-manicured grass overlooking Knoxville's South Eastern...
Rather than watch an ill-considered shopping mall development crumble slowly into the dust, Restoration Church, under the guidance of its senior Pastor Tony Cribb, embarked on an audacious project to redefine the use of such a...
Standing on a rounded prospect facing north with a perfect view of the rolling Melton hills laid out before it, Faith Promise lays in an inspirational setting. The church is new; a modern brick and glass structure, but is not...
Recently built, the five hundred-seat Jang Sung Po Temple is situated on South Korea's second largest island, Keo Je Do, which is joined to the mainland by a bridge. The temple is part of the Chon Tae Order, a new Buddhist...
Recently built in Seoul, South Korea, the Seshin Church sits in a nine-storey building, with the church itself located on the eigth and ninth floor. With a seating capacity of eight hundred and fifty, six of the lower floors are...
Cologne was founded as a Roman colony and hence the name. Located on the banks of the Rhine, it is one of the oldest cities in Germany and was also among the most important diocesan towns north of the Alps. So it was not by...
Nestling at the heart of Northampton's Abington Square is a former art deco ABC cinema dating back to the 1930's. Designed by William Riddell Glen, the ABC house architect known for his classic cinema designs, the grade II...
City Harvest Church, Singapore, is reportedly one of the most well attended Christian churches in Asia. "We have a church membership of over 18,000 people attending various services each week," said Henry Chee, head of sound at...
High in the mountains of Tibet a monk sits cross-legged, his shaven head facing the sunrise. Motionless, he is meditating upon that most difficult of Buddhist tasks, 'the sound of one hand clapping'.
Seven thousand miles...
