Some young people are going into church youth groups to do their homework because they can’t access the internet at home, according to a church leader reaching out to the digitally excluded. It come...
Catholic campaigners are pressing the government to lift the 50 per cent cap on faith-based admissions to new free schools, saying the policy is a ‘barrier’ to them achieving further success. Peop...
Rev Canon Jonathan Brewster will become the next Dean of Carlisle, Downing Street has announced. Currently serving as the Cartmel Peninsula Mission Community leader and interim team vicar in the paris...
A Christian charity has received over £20,000 in compensation after Barclays shut down the ministry’s bank accounts, following an online campaign. Core Issues Trust (CIT) – which provides supp...
The pace of church growth in China means the country is heading towards becoming the world’s biggest Christian country, according to founder of the Alpha Course and former vicar of Holy Trinity Brom...
Two people have been charged, in the investigation into the murder of Nelly Akomah, in Croydon. Hugo Da Silva Pires, 28, was charged on Sunday, 25 June with murder, burglary and fraud, and Catia Fe...
After continued work by the Salvation Army, a campaign to reduce the stigma around deaths as a result of alcohol and drugs has gained the support of MSPs in Scotland. "See Beyond – See the Lives –...
A teenage refugee from Ukraine has been honoured for his work in churches in Exeter Cathedral’s annual awards. 16-year-old Danil Taktamyshev, who attends St Matthias in Torquay, was recognised for h...
The Archbishop of York has attempted to set the record straight over the disbanding of the Church of England's Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB), in a frustrated radio interview. Most Rev ...
Relatives of Sir Winston Churchill have hit out at St Paul’s Cathedral after the place of worship published information referring to the former prime minister as a “white supremacist”. The inf...
A 400-year-old prayer book that once belonged to Fr John Huddleston, a priest who helped save the life of King Charles II, in the 1600s, is now on public display near Wolverhampton. It’s believed it...
A Christian grief-support charity has reminded people that it’s OK to grieve for people you don’t know, following the harrowing headlines of recent weeks. The Christian charity 'At a Loss...
Faith leaders are participating in a weekend of prayer, amid calls to extend free school meals to primary school children. The prayer marathon is part of the National Education Union's No Child Le...
World-renowned missionary George Verwer has been honoured posthumously in the annual Lambeth Awards. The evangelist died last month following a long illness, surrounded by his loved ones. He began his...
The Archbishops' Council has hit back at criticism that the Church of England is ’unsafe’ and ‘not to be trusted’ in matters of safeguarding. It follows anger among some survivors over th...
The Church of England Pensions Board and the Church Commissions have announced they will be divesting from fossil fuels, after years of campaigning from activists. The Church announced the news today,...
In what's understood to be a first, the president and vice-president of the Methodist Conference will be absent from its annual meeting as they continue to face separate investigations over their...
The Bishop of Birkenhead says the Church of England ‘seems less safe’ after its Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) was disbanded. Rt Rev Julie Conalty made her feelings known via Twitter after t...
A group of Christians from Jamaica is visiting the UK to meet fellow church leaders to discuss restorative justice. For them, the church denominations involved in the transatlantic slave trade should ...
The Archbishop’s Council has announced that the Independent Safeguarding Board (ISB) will cease to exist as the relationship between two of the trustees and the Council have “broken down”. Creat...
