A church in Gloucestershire has put up a life-sized cardboard cutout of Peter Crouch to remind parishioners to socially distance. With the congregation of St Mary’s Church in Prestbury struggling ...
A Christian charity has called for churches to make sure disabled people aren't forgotten or ignored during lockdown. It’s after a new survey found 57 per cent of disabled people who live alone ...
Lancashire Police have said they will "maximise forensic opportunities" as part of their investigation into a trio of raids on churches in the region. A group of vandals broke into the Father's...
The Church of England has issued a strong rebuttal to a piece published in political magazine The Spectator which claimed that local parish clergy were being "discarded" and rural churches were being...
A trio of churches in Cornwall will ring their bells 100 times this weekend to mark the passing of Captain Sir Tom Moore. Falmouth Parish Church King Charles the Martyr and St Budock Parish Church a...
A man who beat a woman to death with a rock as she slept in a church doorway during the first lockdown has been jailed for life. Kieran Rifat subjected homeless Kelly Stewart, 41, to a frenzied attack...
Churches are giving away chocolate bars, coffee vouchers and thank you cards to people in their congregations who work for the NHS, with the idea spreading across churches and to the wider comunity. ...
A report has warned that around a fifth of Universal Credit claimants fear they will need to use a food bank or will fall behind on housing costs if the £20 weekly increase is not kept in place past ...
A Church of England vicar has apologised after suggesting that the country's appreciation of the late Captain Sir Tom Moore was an example of the "cult of white British nationalism". Rev Jare...
Police have fined a man £10,000 after he admitted being an organiser of an unlicensed music event at a 500-year-old church. All Saints Church in East Horndon in Essex was trashed by hundreds of revel...
The Parish of St Cuthbert's in Edinburgh has launched an urgent appeal for sleeping bags to help keep homeless people warm as temperatures are due to drop this week. The Met Office has issued am...
The House of Lords has forced the Government to look again at an amendment to the Trade Bill which would give British courts the power to decide whether a genocide has taken place in a country and the...
A Christian actress sacked from her role as a lesbian character in a musical over an allegedly anti-gay Facebook post has denied “misusing” an employment tribunal to claim for money she has alread...
A Christian charity has urged the UK government to stick to its plans to stop providing support for oil and gas projects overseas. Last month at the Climate Ambition Summit attended by 75 world leader...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has been outlining his hopes for how the Church emerges from the pandemic. Justin Welby gave three words for Christians to focus on: "Simpler, humbler, bolder." He's b...
Captain Sir Tom Moore, who became a national treasure after his heroic NHS fundraising efforts, has died at the age of 100. The Queen paid tribute to the World War II veteran for "the inspiration h...
The Bishop of Lincoln is set to resume his ministry following a suspension pending an investigation into alleged failings in the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. Christopher Lowson was ...
A Christian actress axed from a play for posting alleged homophobic remarks online would have refused to play the role from which she was subsequently dismissed, an employment tribunal has heard. Seyi...
A Christian charity, Kintsugi Hope, that works with churches to improve mental health, has urged us to adopt a three-pronged approach in a bid to improve our mental health during the pandemic. It come...
There are reports that the Church of England dioceses are considering reducing the numbers of paid clergy by 10 to 20 per cent. A leaked document, seen by The Sunday Times, has revealed that most di...
