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in Essex has urged people to only give food which is still in date, after it received a donation of pasta which went out of date nearly Volunteers at Colchester Foodbank were...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...
Westminster Abbey is to honour the agnostic poet Philip Larkin with a memorial stone to be dedicated next year. A ledger stone will be placed in Poets' Corner and will be dedicated on Friday 2nd De...
Churches should be investigated as part of Scotland's abuse inquiry, the Churches Child Protection Advisory Service has urged. Currently the Scottish Government's inquiry will only examine allegation...
An academic who spent 18-months volunteering at a Church-run foodbank in Country Durham is warning such services are becoming part of everyday life. Dr Kayleigh Garthwaite, who considers herself non-...
Churches and other groups operating foodbanks could struggle to cope with demand this winter, the Government has been warned. The Trussell Trust, a Christian organisation and the country's largest fo...
The government charity regulator has appointed an interim manager to a north London-based church network, following an inquiry in 2018 which raised concerns abo The appointment by the Charity Commiss...
A church funeral is to be held for a Belfast prison officer who died after a bomb went off under his van. Mourners will remember 52-year-old Adrian Ismay at Woodvale Methodist Church in the north of ...
The five victims of a pier drowning tragedy in Ireland will be laid to rest today after a joint funeral service. Sean McGrotty, 46, died along with his two sons Mark, 12, and Evan, eight, their grand...
