A church in Gloucestershire has put up a life-sized cardboard cutout of Peter Crouch to remind parishioners to socially distance. With the congregation of St Mary’s Church in Prestbury str...
The Romanian Orthodox Church is facing calls to change its baptism style after a six-week-old infant died shortly after being immersed in the holy water. The baby suffered cardiac arrest followin...
Lancashire Police have said they will "maximise forensic opportunities" as part of their investigation into a trio of raids on churches in the region. A group of vandals broke int...
The Church of England has issued a strong rebuttal to a piece published in political magazine The Spectator which claimed that local parish clergy were being "discarded" and rural churc...
A trio of churches in Cornwall will ring their bells 100 times this weekend to mark the passing of Captain Sir Tom Moore. Falmouth Parish Church King Charles the Martyr and St Budock Parish ...
A man who beat a woman to death with a rock as she slept in a church doorway during the first lockdown has been jailed for life. Kieran Rifat subjected homeless Kelly Stewart, 41, to a frenzied attack...
Churches are giving away chocolate bars, coffee vouchers and thank you cards to people in their congregations who work for the NHS, with the idea spreading across churches and to the wider comunity.&n...
A Church of England vicar has apologised after suggesting that the country's appreciation of the late Captain Sir Tom Moore was an example of the "cult of white British nationalism...
A group of vandals have broken into a Lancashire church and ransacked supplies intended for the vulnerable. Officers were called to the Father's House Elim Church in Lancaster on Tu...
Police have fined a man £10,000 after he admitted being an organiser of an unlicensed music event at a 500-year-old church. All Saints Church in East Horndon in Essex was trashed by hundreds of ...
The Parish of St Cuthbert's in Edinburgh has launched an urgent appeal for sleeping bags to help keep homeless people warm as temperatures are due to drop this week. The Met Office has issue...
The founder and global leader of pentecostal church denomination Hillsong has announced the opening of an investigation into allegations of financial misuse amongst ministry staff. Accusations of...
A large group of undocumented migrants have occupied a church in Belgium in a bid to alert the government's attention to the plight of migrants whose situation has become worse as a result of...
Members of a conservation group supporting a 500-year-old church that was trashed during an illegal rave on New Year's Eve say they have been "blown away" after receiving more than &poun...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has been outlining his hopes for how the Church emerges from the pandemic. Justin Welby gave three words for Christians to focus on: "Simpler, humbler, bolder." ...
The Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Reverend Nicholas Holtam, has announced that he will be retiring after serving for a decade in the job. He will retire on 3rd July, just before h...
The Southern Baptist Convention has released a report in which it calls its own Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission - the convention’s public policy arm - a “significant distracti...
The Bishop of Lincoln is set to resume his ministry following a suspension pending an investigation into alleged failings in the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. Christopher Lowson was ...
Pastor Rick Warren has apologised for a children's video which featured a former kids pastor dressed as an Asian martial arts teacher to teach a Biblical truth. Warren, a famous author and ...
There are reports that the Church of England dioceses are considering reducing the numbers of paid clergy by 10 to 20 per cent. A leaked document, seen by The Sunday Times, has revealed that mos...
