The Church of Scotland has welcomed a Scottish Government inquiry that will look at ways to tackle the impact of rising funeral costs. New figures have found the average cost of a basic funeral has l...
Benefits to help people struggling with funeral costs and a new savings scheme to tackle funeral poverty have been announced by the Scottish Government. Equalities Minister Angela Constance set out a...
The Church of Scotland has won a top award for its work to prevent the deportation of two teenage asylum seeker brothers. The campaign for the Bakhsh family, which received support from across the co...
The Church of Scotland's annual gathering is getting under way, with a new Moderator to be installed at the start of proceedings. Rev Susan Brown, the minister of Dornoch Cathedral in the H...
A senior Church of Scotland minister has said that the European Union (EU) is "not perfect" but has replaced "bombs with bureaucrats". The Rev Dr Richard Frazer, convener of the Church and ...
God would support a ban on smacking children, the Churchof Scotland has said. The Kirk has come out in support of a ban and will tell MSPs that Jesus would not have countenanced violence against...
After more than two centuries of Scottish outreach in Africa, the Church of Scotland has said the flow of missionaries now needs to be reversed. The message was made by the Moderator of the Church's ...
Church in Wales leaders meeting in Cardiff have been told efforts to spread the word of Jesus will be virtually pointless unless the Church is "fit for purpose" The plea was made in an Presidential A...
Claims of "deeply inappropriate" conduct during the selection process for a new Bishop of Llandaff have been thrown out by the Church in Wales. The Church's legal sub-committee investigated a letter ...
A church on the Wirral has taken in around 20 people evacuated from their homes after a suspected gas explosion that left two people seriously injured. Life Church in Bebington become a response cent...
A Church in north-west London has opened its doors to around 50 local residents as army bomb disposal teams worked through the night to remove a Second World Wa St Martin's Church in Kensal Green spr...
One church is Cheshire is bucking the trend of extortionate wedding costs by arranging every aspect of the service for £1000 and church members offering their St John the Baptist Church in Hartford...
The Church of England has held a special conference on climate change and the environment. Justin Welby has hosted the Ecumenical Patriarch, sometimes known as "The Green Patriarch" as the Church mee...
A church in Hull has been open for prayer after the body of missing university student, Libby Squire was found in the Humber estuary. Hull Community Church has held a minute's silence in memory of Li...
Two churches in Derby have opened books of condolence for the three people who died in a house fire early on Sunday, which police believe may have been started Amy Smith, 17, her six-month-old daugh...
A community left "devastated" after the death of an eight year old girl in the West Midlands is being invited to light a candle and prayer at a local church. St James at Brownhills opened its doors a...
Westfield Church in Bridgewater has become a 'rest centre' for all those who've been evacuated from homes. Royal Marines have been deployed in flood-hit Somerset as the village of Moorland is evacuat...
The main church in Spalding has opened its doors for reflection and prayer after three people were killed in a shooting. A man is believed to have shot dead two female members of his family near a sw...
Three family members who died after a house fire in Nottinghamshire were a mother and two children. The 33-year-old woman who died on Saturday has been named by police as Justine Collison.Her eight-y...
St Boniface in Woodgreen village are stepping in to provide drinks for the village while the local pub is closed. The small church in Fordingbridge, near Salisbury meet every other week and are...
