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...
Confidence in safeguarding structures and same-sex prayers are expected to be critical topics dominating the agenda of the General Synod, the legislative body of the Church of England, as its members ...
The Bishop of Truro, Rt Rev Stephen Mounstephen, will become the 98th Bishop of Winchester later this year, Downing Street has announced. The 63-year-old takes on the role from Dr Tim Dakin who steppe...
Several prominent church of England leaders have, for the first time, voiced their opposition to the denomination's current process to commend prayers for same-sex couples. In a letter, sent priva...
Wednesday marked the 75th anniversary of the National Health Service - founded in 1948, with the aim of providing free healthcare to all in the UK. 1,500 people - mostly NHS staff - gathered for a ...
A number of United Methodist churches in Southern California who wish to cut ties with the United Methodist Church (UMC) over its inclusion of LGBTQ+ leaders say they are being met with unfair departu...
Three leaders of Linfen Covenant House Church in China's Shanxi Province have been accused of forming a criminal "clique" and obtaining illegal income of approximately 780,000 yuan (around £85,00...
Leaders of China’s state-controlled official ‘Three-Self churches’ have declared their “major task” of the next few years is to “change the face of world Christianity” by exporting a com...
A far-right group that vandalised a church’s Black Lives Matter (BLM) banner in Washington DC has been ordered to pay over $1million ( (£787,000) in punitive damages. Metropolitan African Methodist...
Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland (VCUKI) and Causeway Coast Vineyard (CCV) have published an update regarding an independent review looking into historic safeguarding allegations against former Vineya...
Pope Francis has named an Argentine theologian and prolific author who decades ago wrote a book on the healing properties of kissing to be the Catholic Church's new doctrinal chief, one of the Vat...
An Anglican minister has had his bank account closed after raising concerns over Yorkshire Building Society's promotion of transgenderism. Rev Richard Fothergill, who leads the Filling Station net...
The Southern Baptist Convention has been dealt a blow after being told that North Carolina megachurch Elevation will be leaving the movement. It comes months after Rick Warren's Saddleback Church ...
Thousands of school children from Coventry have taken part in a huge worship event organised by the Diocese of Coventry. Pupils from 76 schools from across the diocese were invited to join four worshi...
The head of Russia's influential Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, told an envoy of Pope Francis on Thursday their churches should work together to avert "negative political developments and serv...
Historic churches across Scotland are being put in danger because of new laws being introduced around fire alarms. That's the claim being made by the Church of Scotland. From today, fire services ...
In a historic event, three members of the same family are being ordained together during the same service. Mother Julie Wheeler, son Charles Wheeler and daughter-in-law Miriam Brandon-Wheeler will bec...
A school in London has been found guilty of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 after a boy suffered life-altering burns during a carol concert. The incident occurred at St Thomas Becket ...
The Lord Mayor’s Chapel in the heart of Bristol town centre has been re-opened to general visitors under the care of Bristol Cathedral. Services have been held there since the 16th century, and...
Catholics are being urged to oppose the government’s Illegal Migration Bill on moral grounds. The legislation would give the government the power to deport people seeking safety to countries such a...
