A congregation in the US state of North Carolina has united in support of its pastor's family following the unexpected passing of their son. Clint Pressley, who pastors Hickory Grove Baptist Churc...
A church in central London is commemorating the life Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, one of the most prominent abolitionists of the time. To mark the 250th anniversary of his baptism at St James's Ch...
A 1,000 year old church that found themselves in a “desperate situation” after facing closure due to bat faeces is celebrating the end of a scheme that saved the space. Bats were using hol...
The Church of England’s lead bishop for Sport has clarified comments made regarding cancelled services ahead of the women’s World Cup match this weekend. England will play against Spain in...
Pioneer - a network of evangelical churches across the UK - has launched a review following allegations of historic safeguarding issues within the group. A complaint was made last month...
The number of students choosing Religious Studies as an A Level subject has fallen, following warnings of a lack of teachers. Overall, the proportion of top marks handed to A-level students across Bri...
A church leader from Hove is appearing in court charged with seven counts of historic sexual abuse. 57-year-old Daniel Reed is said to have plied teenagers with alcohol before indecently assaulting th...
An Australian court on Thursday found Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston not guilty of concealing the sexual abuse his father committed against a young male in the 1970s. Australian police in 2021 ...
There’s talk of revival in Tennessee as a church there saw 136 baptisms on Sunday with plenty more set to come. Over a hundred people responded to a spontaneous call to be baptised, during a pre...
The Church of England has announced funding of £9.4 million for additional curate posts. It will mean almost 70 extra stipendiary curacy positions for deacons who are ordained this year. Rev Hel...
A consultation has just begun in a bid to develop fully independent safeguarding in the Church of England. It will take place over the next two months and be published by the end of December. Professo...
An ancient Christian mosaic bearing an early reference to Jesus as God could be moved to a US museum. Israeli officials are considering loaning the historic artefact, thought by some to be near the si...
Pop-up churches to serve Russian troops fighting in the Ukraine have been presented at the country’s annual weapons expo, Army-2023. Developed by the Russian Orthodox church, the mobile chapels ...
A former NFL player and the inspiration behind Oscar-winning film Blindside has claimed the story is built on lies. Michael Oher has filed legal action against the Christian family who took him in, al...
A former special envoy to the European Union is challenging the ban on public worship in Slovakia during the Covid pandemic. Jan Figel, says the blanket ban in 2021 was disproportionate and breached r...
Jeremy Marshall, the banker and philanthropist has died following a lengthy battle with cancer. The 60 year old was surrounded by family and died peacefully on Sunday. Marshall spent his career in the...
A church in Cambridgeshire has unveiled a new stained glass window commemorating the Covid-19 pandemic. The window, believed to be the first of its kind, evolved out of a previous plan to mark the tho...
The body that represents Catholics in the Northern Ireland police force has called for a “full response” over concerns that a data breach will impact recruitment. Earlier this week, a data...
A church leader is praising migrant communities in the Diocese of Manchester for renewing and revitalising struggling places of worship. Despite concern about falling congregation numbers across the c...
The president of Israel has met Catholic leaders to draw attention to the rise in attacks against clergy and followers of Christ. Isaac Herzog met clerics at Haifa’s Stella Maris monastery,...
