A record number of people took part in the 40ACTS generosity challenge during Lent. Christian charity Stewardship reported its campaign attracted over 100,000 subscribers in 172 countries.Debbie Wrig...
A record number of churches are working to develop or launch social action projects, a new report has found. Church Urban Fund says more congregations than ever before are starting things like cooker...
The next Bishop of Ramsbury will return to the town of his birth when he takes up the new appointment in the Diocese of Salisbury. Rev Andrew Paul Rumsey will assume the position in late January 2019...
A Rector faces disciplinary action her job over a plastic table and chairs she introduced for children in the chapel of a church in Bedfordshire. Rev Canon Lynda Klimas is facing disciplinary action ...
The Scottish Episcopal Church has reprimanded one of its own rectors who orchestrated a rebellion against the selection of a new bishop. Leaders told Rev Canon John Walker from St Marys Church in Inv...
A church rector says his local community is in "shock" after three young men died in a car crash in a rural area of Norfolk. The trio, who were all in their late teens and died at the scene, have bee...
The mothballing of the Redcar steel plant is a "hammer blow" for the local community and the government must step in with support, the Archbishop of York has sa Dr John Sentamu has reacted to the dec...
Dr Rosalee Velloso Ewell has been appointed the new principal of Redcliffe College, a centre for mission training in Gloucester. Dr Ewell, who is currently executive director of the Theological Commi...
Exeter Cathedral's announced three people will have to be made redundant as it aims to clear a £175,000 deficit. The move, which it's calling a "very difficult decision", comes after an unsuccessful...
More than a thousand people have attended a service for reconciliation in Scotland after last week's independence referendum. It was led by the Church of Scotland moderator at Edinburgh's St Giles' C...
A Christian MP has said that Britain should put Christian refugees first when deciding who should be allowed into the country. Sir Gerald Howarth, the Conservative MP for Aldershot, was speaking afte...
A new study has revealed that young adults who regularly attend church have better mental health than those who don't. A survey conducted by the Barna Group of 15,000 18-35 year olds found that those...
Attending church services may help to alleviate the difficulty of unemployment, new research suggests. Other social activities, including voluntary work showed little evidence of helping people remai...
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned people to avoid "tit for tat giving" this Christmas and not to feel pressured to buy expensive gifts. Most Revd Justin Welby said shopping in charity shops or ...
A decision by the Supreme Court to refuse an appeal to a terminally-ill man wanting to challenge the UK's law on assisted dying has been welcomed by a prominent Dr Peter Saunders, who is the campaign...
The Church has been challenged to see relationships as a health issue as well as a spiritual one, as Mental Health Awareness Week comes to a close. Mental Health Awareness Week has been running for 1...
The family of a Christian and the only Scot to die at Auschwitz have attended a special reunion to view her hand written will. Jane Haining's last will and testament was among treasures found in a ch...
It includes good practice advice for employers such as how to tell if a religion or belief is genuine, the kinds of religion and belief requests employers will New guidance has been published today ...
There are approximately 6,500 fewer first-year students taking religious studies or theology at university than there were eight years ago, figures suggest. According to the British Academy, the numb...
On a week when extreme fundamentalists terrorised parts of Paris, killing dozens, new research suggests religious differences are a 'significant factor', but no The Religion and Global Uncertainties ...
