Two people have died and multiple others were injured in a stabbing at a church in California where the homeless had been brought in to shelter from cold weather, police said. The stabbing happened at...
Some church leaders across the UK are continuing to rebel against lockdown rules by keeping their churches open. Last week, police intervened at a church in North London while a baptism service was be...
A joint prayer network in Beijing has been shut down by the Chinese state authorities. The Beijing Ministerial Joint Prayer Network (BMJPN) was founded in 2004 by Pastor Jin Mingri, out...
Churches may be exempt from restrictive measures over Christmas, as part of the government's latest guidelines on Covid-19. Boris Johnson will reveal his "Covid winter plan&quo...
The Archbishop of Canterbury will take a three-month sabbatical next year for “reflection, prayer, and spiritual renewal,” Lambeth Palace has confirmed. The announcement was made at the Ca...
Durham Cathedral is set to lead the nation in prayer this Sunday as England faces its third weekend under lockdown restrictions. Attendees are invited to say the #PrayerForTheNation for fami...
A pastor in Belfast has decided to defy Northern Irish lockdown rules and keep his church open during the upcoming coronavirus lockdown in the country. On Thursday, the Northern Irish executive announ...
The leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, has died after testing positive for the coronavirus. He was 90. The patriarch, who often criticized Western policies toward Serbia and urge...
Churches in Northern Ireland are to come under increased restrictions as lockdown measures tighten in response to a spike in Covid-19 infections. Under the latest restrictions, which were ap...
The Oxford Diocese has said that a complaint against the head of Oxford's Christ Church Cathedral will be "properly and thoroughly investigated". On Wednesday, it was announced that the ...
Church and charity The Salvation Army and other major homelessness charities are asking the Government not to abandon their progress made on housing rough sleepers this year when announcing their spen...
The Government is facing growing calls to reopen places of worship during the lockdown. Co-op Funeralcare said its research shows the "devastating impact" the closure of places of worship ha...
Christians and those from other religious groups have the chance to have their voice heard by the UK Government in regards to how it engages with faith communities. It has launched an independen...
A Welsh priest has said he was left "terrified and shaking" after being punched and threatened with a gardening tool. Fr Charles Ramsay, 72, was attacked after Ryan Thomas Patrick Kelly...
The painstaking process of "voicing" the Grand Organ at York Minster has begun as a once-in-a-century £2 million refurbishment project enters its final phase. Voicing is a process to e...
A self-proclaimed prophet, who faces charges of money laundering and fraud related to £4 million, has triggered a diplomatic incident in South Africa after skipping bail and fleeing to Malawi. S...
Christian families are being urged to adopt, especially if they are from a BAME background, due to the number of children waiting for new parents, with experts saying having a similar heritage is impo...
Chinese state authorities have raided a house church in Taiyuan, Shanxi province as it held its Sunday service. Security burst into the service on 15th November before briefly detaining the ...
The US megachurch led by embattled pastor John MacArthur has announced its release from "all outbreak related requirements and restrictions" following an investigation by California pub...
A senior officer from the Metropolitan Police has written to Faith leaders in London to urge them to follow the lockdown rules. The letter from Commander Catherine Roper was written last week, a...
