The Church of England has said churches must take better care of elderly people. The statement came after a sadistic church warden who murdered a university lecturer following a campaign of physical ...
A church warden who conned his church in Northumberland out of more than £35,000 has been ordered by a judge to pay back every penny. Steven Clark took the cash from a fund which was intended to fun...
The government secretary responsible for it, Owen Paterson is visiting the county to meet those affected. The Environment Secretary's visiting flood-hit parts of Somerset today. Large areas of the co...
Benjamin Field, the son of a Baptist minister, was five days away from possibly being selected for ordination when he was arrested. The 28 year old was found guilty at Oxford Crown Court of killing...
Thousands of people have shared a pun posted on social media by a Church of Scotland minister. The amusing banner outside St John's and King's Park church in Dalkeith near Edinburgh was put up during...
The 'War on Wonga' started five years ago when the Archbishop of Canterbury set a challenge for the Church to compete payday loan companies out of business. In 2012, £3.7 billion worth of loans were...
A vicar has handed out kazoos to the congregation in a video plea for someone to be the church's organ player, the video has been seen 114,000 times. Rev Robert, the vicar of Holy Trinity Church in...
A study has claimed that the Church's views towards and treatment of transgender people are changing. The research from the University of Cambridge found that while most of the Church remained firmly...
The Church of England's shared conversations on sexuality exposed "deep convictions" and "profound differences" but participants left understanding each other b In a statement at the end of two days ...
A conference being held at a church in Herefordshire today is aimed at highlighting ways everybody can help someone facing the loss of a loved one. The "Good Grief - The Loneliness of Bereavement" ev...
As the first anniversary of the Calais 'Jungle' demolition approaches, a church in Essex said the situation has given the congregation a heart to help refugees. Leigh Road Baptist Church will join mo...
The Church of England says many of its rural schools are becoming increasingly "difficult to justify". Over one thousand of its schools have less that 110 pupils and many are finding it difficult to ...
A record near-1.6 million emergency supplies have been handed out by church-run food banks in the past year, with a third going to children, figures reveal. The Trussell Trust said the number of thre...
A Christian-run foodbank in Essex has urged people to only give food which is still in date, after it received a donation of pasta which went out of date nearly Volunteers at Colchester Foodbank were...
Staff and volunteers at a network of more than 400 church-run foodbanks expect December to be their busiest month ever. The Trussell Trust says demand for its emergency three-day food parcels has alr...
Police have revealed a churchwarden who was found seriously hurt at a house in the West Midlands died of head injuries. Officers said a post-mortem examination on Anne Dunkley, 67, found she had sust...
Big cuts to the government budget that deals with emergencies, including flooding, have been criticised. Big cuts to the government budget that deals with emergencies, including flooding, have been c...
A churchwarden from Northumberland has stolen £44,000 that was set aside to renovate the church, a court has heard. According to the Newcastle Chronicle, prosecutors accused 48-year-old Steven Clark...
A churchwarden has angered his parish for exposing details of his disintegrating marriage in an article for the parish magazine. James Wilson, 54, published the revelations in the St Bartholomew's C ...
The Churchwarden at Holy Trinity Marham, near to where an RAF serviceman was nearly abducted has told Premier those in the village are concerned but have faith Philip Fay has been speaking after pol...
