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Popular singer and songwriter Matt Redman has disclosed details of his time at Soul Survivor Watford as its founder, Mike Pilavachi, is being investigated for safeguarding concerns. In a post on his s...

Meg Munn, the acting chair of the Church of England’s Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB), has resigned from all her safeguarding responsibilities within the Church.   The former MP has st...

A number of priests have been arrested as they “sound the alarm” on climate change at protests across London. A retired priest was taken into police custody three times last week after tak...

The Church of England has been criticised for teaching pupils about white privilege in anti-racism guidance issued to educators. Resources produced by the Diocese of Coventry to teach about racis...

Bishop Rob Wickham has taken up his role as chief executive of Church Urban Fund, having served as Bishop of Edmonton in the diocese of London since 2015. He joins the charity - set up to support depr...

A new dean has been installed at Christ Church, Oxford, following years of uncertainty. Rev Canon Professor Sarah Foot was installed on 8th July, and is the first woman to be chosen for the role. Howe...

A church in Worthing has had the words “fake Christians” graffitied outside its building, after displaying flags in support of Pride Month. The incident is thought to be the second time va...

One hundred and thirty years after his death, one of Britain’s most famous preachers has been recognised with an academic degree. Charles Haddon Spurgeon never received a theological qualif...

A Christian social worker who once won a “landmark” freedom of speech case is at the centre of an employment tribunal after having a job offer withdrawn over his traditional Christian view...

The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell has admitted the church faces a 'watershed moment' over safeguarding as sacked members of the Independent Safeguarding Board tell Synod ...

Fees charged by the Church of England for weddings are being described as “economically unjust”. A vicar in the Diocese of Blackburn, Rev Dr Tom Woolford has tabled a motion at the cu...

A new church has bucked the trend of numerical decline by selling out tickets to its recent prayer conference. The 2023 Next Level Prayer Conference, run by the Harvesters International Christian Cent...

The Church of England says it's working on drafting new pastoral guidance and other material needed to allow same-sex couples to receive blessings from priests. The guidance will then be pres...

A church in Glasgow says it’s praying for the person who stole its foodbank supplies. Volunteers at the Free Church of Scotland on Holmfauldhead Place in Govan say they are saddened by the raid ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury says he supports measures to force fossil fuel companies to stop drilling for new oil and gas. Most Rev Justin Welby was speaking to members of the campaign group Christia...

The Archbishop of York has suggested that the words ‘Our Father’ at the beginning of the Lord’s Prayer, may be “problematic”. Speaking at the opening of the Church of Eng...

Rev Richard Coles says he has shelved plans to become a prison chaplain because he doesn’t want to have a ‘humiliating’ conversation with a bishop about his same-sex relationshi...

A homeless person attends hospital in England every seven minutes, according to a new report by the Salvation Army. The church and charity submitted a Freedom of Information request to NHS Trusts in E...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has taken a firm stance about rights of minorities in universities, saying that colleges which allow students to be “abused, insulted and excluded” should face...

Church of England bishops in the House of Lords are a historical anachronism that should be removed, the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG) chair, Tommy Shepherd, has told fellow MPs. In a...