A Norfolk church is taking an unconventional approach to finding its new rector - by launching an area-wide survey. Fakenham Parish Church has put together a "parish profile" poll...
A faith healer has appeared in court accused of selling "plague protection kits" consisting of a package containing a small bottle of oil and a piece of red yarn costing £91. Bishop Cl...
A newly formed collective of Chinese heritage clergy in the Church of England have met in person for the first time. The group, called "The Teahouse" was originally set up as ...
A legal window is closing that has allowed nearly 9,000 residents of New York to file civil lawsuits against an assortment of organizations that harbored child abusers. In 2019, New York legisla...
Churches throughout the UK have signed up to help people settle in the UK from Hong Kong. Thousands of people from the region are expected to move to the UK in the next few years because of incr...
The Right Reverend Christine Hardman has announced she's to retire from her role as Bishop of Newcastle, at the end of November. Bishop Christine is a Member of the House of Bishops...
Church leaders have been expressing their shock and sadness after a mass shooting in Plymouth in which six people, including a 3-year-old girl, died. Prayers are being said at churches across the city...
A top US-based Jewish scholar has urged Christian churches to review their choice of Bible readings if they want to build relationships with Jews and avoid offending them. Professor Amy-Jill Levine, N...
The former pastor Joshua Harris, who has since renounced his faith, is selling a course to lead others to 'reframe their story'. Harris is the author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye and...
Russell Moore, a notable Southern Baptist theologian, believes that seeing so many people become ill or die from Covid-19 has helped decrease vaccine hesitancy. In a live interview with the Wash...
Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he was greatly pained by the killing of a French priest, allegedly by a Rwandan immigrant already under investigation for setting the Nantes cathedral on fire last ...
A report by the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) has found Benedictine monks at two Catholic schools sexually, physically, and emotionally abused children. Findings by Inquiry chair Lady Smith were...
A megachurch has seen 589 baptisms across all its sites in the course of one weekend. Elevation Church in America, which came from the Southern Baptist Convention and from which Elevat...
A Christian dementia expert has raised concerns over a new artificial intelligence system that could diagnose dementia in just a day. Researchers are trialling a system which may be able to diagnose d...
Heterosexual marriage rates are down to their lowest levels on record but couples who do marry are now more likely to stay together rather than divorce. The Office for National Statistics has re...
The Government is being called to put more funding into Religious Education following a rise in A-level entries for the subject. There has been a 6.1 percent boost in the number of Religious Studies A...
An advocate for abuse survivors has accused the Church of England of "sliding through" new guidance which will frighten victims of abuse into keeping quiet. Speaking to Premier, Gavin Drake ...
A church in Louisiana has been vandalized after posting messages on their front sign asking others to get vaccinated. First Grace United Methodist Church decided to post a sign asking the community to...
Claims of bullying made against Scotland's first female Bishop have prompted two formal investigations into her conduct. The Rt Rev Anne Dyer, the Anglican bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney...
The Church of England has ruled that wooden pews can be replaced with padded chairs to accommodate elderly parishioners. Churchgoers and residents in Gaulby, Leicestershire, came up ag...
