Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a church which closed down earlier this week. Parts of the St Marks with Christ Church in Glodwick, Oldham, were ablaze on Thursday evening, images show.Six fire ...
A teenager tangled in a church's bell ringing ropes 40ft in the air has been saved. Firefighters used a rope-rescue system to rescue the 17-year-old church bell-ringer from St Helen's Church in Abing...
The Church of Scotland is to ordain its first Asian female minister. Aquila Singh, a former computing teacher, will be ordained and inducted into Fernhill and Cathkin Parish Church in Rutherglen,...
A new Bishop of Berwick has been appointed for the first time in 444 years. The post has laid empty since 1572 and has been filled again by Rev Canon Mark Tanner.His job's been created in response to...
The woman who is to become the Church of England's first black female bishop has called for greater diversity in the institution's leadership. Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who is chaplain to the Quee...
Revd Paul Bailey tells 'Keep The Faith Magazine' that marriage is a legally binding convenant of love and commitment and that gay people are 'uniquely created b Rev Paul Bailey has become the first A...
The first Church of England vicar to enter into a same-sex marriage is quitting his parish, claiming "institutional homophobia" will prevent him from getting an Andrew Foreshew-Cain announced on Sund...
A Scottish cathedral has become the first Anglican cathedral in the country to offer weddings for homosexual couples, after a historic ruling. St Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow is now taking bookings af...
The Church of England's first woman bishop says she hopes her appointment will encourage other young women of all faiths to reach their full potential. Revd Libby Lane will be consecrated as Bishop o...
The Rt Rev Dr Emma Ineson is the new Bishop of Penrith in the Diocese of Carlisle. She was consecrated during a two hour service presided over by the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, attended b...
The first Church of England female bishop to be appointed to the House of Lords will give her maiden speech on Monday. Bishop of Gloucester Rt Revd Rachel Treweek will make history when she gets on h...
The first female bishop to take a seat in the House of Lords has told Premier she is "daunted" at the "steep learning curve" as she is introduced to the chamber Rt Revd Rachel Treweek was announced a...
A woman has been chosen to become the Church of England's next Bishop of Bristol for the first time. Very Rev Vivienne Faull, who is currently the Dean of York, will be officially welcomed into the r...
The new Bishop of London has taken her seat in the House of Lords. Rt Rev Sarah Mullally was accompanied at an introduction ceremony on Thursday morning by Most Rev Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Ca...
The Rt Rev and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE will be installed as the first female Bishop of London on 12th May. The ceremony will take place at St Paul's Cathedral and will make her the 133rd bis...
Canon Joanna Penberthy has told the BBC one of her priorities as bishop will be to raise awareness about gender-based violence. Canon Penberthy was nominated as Bishop of St Davids at the start of No...
null The first Church of England female bishop has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Bath.Bishop of Stockport Rt Rev Libby Lane received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws alon...
History will be made on Monday when the Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, becomes the first female bishop to sit in the House of Lords. Bishop Rachel will enter Parliament as one of t...
The first woman to be made a Church of England bishop has taken her seat in the House of Lords. The Rt Rev Libby Lane was elevated to the upper house on Tuesday after being installed as the Bishop of...
The Scottish Episcopal Church is to consecrate its first ever female bishop on Thursday. Rev Canon Anne Dyer will become bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney in a service at St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen, t...
