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Guidance has been provided for bell ringers, including checking for nesting birds and not spitting on your hands.  Since churches can hold services again and weddings can go ahead, bell ringers a...

The National Churches Trust has given a total of £500,000 to 45 historic churches and chapels in the UK. The charity said the Covid-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on the finances ...

Footage has emerged of a woman being punched in the face just after completing a reading in church. The shocking attack took place at Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in the US city ...

A new study by a research team at Durham University has found that one in four people across the UK have engaged in some form of online worship since lockdown began. The researchers studied the state ...

Campaigners are calling for a “nationally significant” artwork in a redundant church to be given listed status. The Crucifixion by artist George Mayer-Marton was created on the wall of the...

The Government's guidance for Places of Worship has been updated to include information on how to safely go about a full immersion baptism, where a person is completely submerged under the water, ...

A survey suggests that almost nine out of ten Christians have seen their church use technology which is new to them to stay in contact with their congregation.  In research by church insurer Eccl...

Christians are being urged to think about how they have been recipients of a 'heart transplant' through God's generosity and donate their kidney in response.  A Christian campaigner w...

A church in Northampton has called for the public's help in catching a thief who stole its streaming equipment.  The vicar at All Saints' Church, Northampton Fr Oliver Cross said he was t...

Police have warned that churches in the Diocese of York are being targeted by a gift card scam operation. According to North Yorkshire Police, church volunteers and workers for the Diocese of Yor...

Research into the risk of spreading coronavirus via singing shows it largely depends on the volume.  The study was conducted by a team at the University of Bristol including Professor Jonath...

As GCSE students across the country receive their results, the Church of England's Lead Bishop for Education has called on the Government to refocus its attention on getting the nation's ...

Despite not being forced to by either government, churches in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are encouraging church-goers to wear face masks to protect one another.  The decision wa...

A new study has found that pastors are concerned about disunity among their congregation as the coronavirus continues to affect every area of church life.  In its study, 'Pasto...

A church in Derbyshire is reeling after an attack on the church grounds resulted in a stained-glass window being damaged. Police are investigating after holes were discovered in the windows at bo...

A new book by an ordained minister has sought to shed light on the ways in which institutional racism still grips the Church of England. C of E minister Rev Azariah France-Williams' &#39...

British Baptist minister and social activist Steve Chalke has declared that God is "not a Christian".  In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Chalke argued that "God ...

A church in Yorkshire has unveiled stone tributes to author C.S. Lewis.  St Mary's Church in Beverley, east Yorkshire, had the statues blessed by the Bishop of Hull, who said she thought it w...

A new study into the use of language amongst Christians has indicated that younger believers are keen to scrap terms commonly described as 'Christianese'. In its report The Future of Missions,...

Choral singing has started again at Westminster Abbey for the first time in five months after Government guidance changed last week. Groups of singers are now allowed to perform or lead sung worship w...