• ADRA provides humanitarian support to victims of hurricane Ike in Texas just 2 weeks after helping those in Louisiana following cyclone Gustav;
• Delta Goodrem signs a 3 year contract to promote Sanitarium's So Good soy products;
• New Zealand churches ask politician where they stand on poverty in the lead up to the November elections;
• An Orewa (NZ) resident wants to promote longevity through a vegetarian banquet on International Vegetarian Day;
• Parents says that Australian Children's Picture Book of the Year 'Requiem for a Beast' is not suitable reading for children;
• Bible literacy is slipping amongst church attenders - not just atheists;
• a city youth specialist from London urges Australian young people to share their own conversion story;
• St Paul's Institute holds lectures on faith and science;
• Warwick Marsh and Peter Walker call for prayer over Australia's Murray and Darling rivers;
• Tasmanian SDA member wins Apprentice of the Year for the state;
• Zimbabwean church leaders called upon to act as guarantors for the frail Mugabe-Tsvangirai leadership in the nation;
• Southern California Christian university - Biola - asks students to sign a 'no sex' contract before they enrol