A 10-year-old orphan who is seeking asylum in Glasgow would be "under threat" if he was returned to his native Georgia, the minister leading the campaign to pre Church of Scotland minister Rev Brian ...
A Baptist minister has welcomed plans for pupils in 370 schools to be taught mindfulness but has warned that the teaching should be fully secular. The plan was announced by the Education Secretary, D...
A minister from Scotland has been awarded a top prize for his magic skills. Rev Bill Wishart, 52, who leads St Martin's Church in the Portobello area of Edinburgh, wowed judges with his comedy routin...
A church minister's thanked those offering her support after she revealed she has HIV through a video message. Revd Hayley Young, from Hayling Island Baptist Church in Hampshire, contracted the disea...
The Church Mission Society (CMS) has created a mission-themed card game designed to provide a fun way for people to examine their personal view of what mission The organisation claims the game is th...
A Stockton church has decided to change its name after being mistaken for a synagogue and a mosque. The Baptist Tabernacle will now be called Stockton Baptist Church.Senior minister Andrew Waugh from...
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is to have a private audience with the Pope. Rt Rev John Chalmers will travel to Rome to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Monday Feb...
The Church of England momentarily omitted a thousand years from its history when a post on the CofE Twitter account claimed: "For 485 years we have been welcomi It wasn't long before clergy and paris...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has welcomed the Paris COP21 climate change deal, saying the church must be a "key partner" in achieving its targets to lower globa Most Revd Justin Welby was speaking af...
A Christian charity has said the Church and other organisations must stand alongside children being bullied. Youth For Christ was speaking after a University of Oxford study found people picked on as...
A Church of England bishop is calling on Christians to do more to help tackle loneliness among older people after a new poll found nearly half a million people Bishop of Crediton Most Rev Sarah Mull...
The Prime Minister says extremism needs to be tackled at grass-roots level, as fears grow about the number of British Muslim men travelling abroad to fight.&nbs One Labour MP has put the number of UK...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned against the Church ignoring the ministry and witness of young people. Most Revd Justin Welby made the comments ahead of this month's Youthwork the Conference, ...
The Church must continue to speak up and provide alternatives for three million families thought to be a pay cheque away from homelessness, its credit union has The Churches Mutual Credit Union (CMCU...
A population expert at the University of Essex says the Church needs a "historical revival" that's "really exceptional" in order for attendance to grow amongst Professor David Voas said Islam and bl...
The Evangelical Alliance have criticised the last government's economic policy, saying that it has not helped the poor enough. Their new report, called 'Good news for the poor?', found nearly four ou...
Awards celebrating those who've welcomed refugees in the UK take place on Tuesday with many faith communities among the applicants. In September 2015, the Government pledged to resettle 20...
A gay priest, who lost an employment tribunal claiming he was discriminated against by the Church, has accused it of not working within the law of the land. An employment tribunal panel ruled on Wedn...
The Church of England has raised concern at new data on poverty which shows another 400,000 children and 300,000 pensioners have fallen into poverty in the last The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) s...
An independent helpline has been set up for those abused by clergy in the Church of England. The line (0800 80 20 20) will be run by the NSPCC and can be used to provide information or raise concerns...
