The Church of Scotland has made a fresh call for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) not to destroy records relating to the worst RAF peacetime disaster. Members of the Kirk's General Assembly unanimously ...
Rev Dr Angus Morrison has made a full recovery from illness to be the moderator designate for the Church of Scotland. Rev Morrison was set to become moderator of the Church of Scotland this year but...
The Church of Scotland is welcoming its largest number of trainee ministers in five years. The influx comes as it prepares for hundreds of parish ministers retiring in the next decade.The Kirk has so...
Details of how Scotland would look if it votes for independence next year have been released. A 670-page white paper claims each Scot would be 600 pounds better off under the plans, with the SNP prop...
The Church of Scotland has welcomed a Scottish Government inquiry that will look at ways to tackle the impact of rising funeral costs. New figures have found the average cost of a basic funeral has l...
Benefits to help people struggling with funeral costs and a new savings scheme to tackle funeral poverty have been announced by the Scottish Government. Equalities Minister Angela Constance set out a...
The Church of Scotland has won a top award for its work to prevent the deportation of two teenage asylum seeker brothers. The campaign for the Bakhsh family, which received support from across the co...
The Church of Scotland's annual gathering is getting under way, with a new Moderator to be installed at the start of proceedings. Rev Susan Brown, the minister of Dornoch Cathedral in the Highlands...
A senior Church of Scotland minister has said that the European Union (EU) is "not perfect" but has replaced "bombs with bureaucrats". The Rev Dr Richard Frazer, convener of the Church and Society ...
God would support a ban on smacking children, the Churchof Scotland has said. The Kirk has come out in support of a ban and will tell MSPs that Jesus would not have countenanced violence against chi...
After more than two centuries of Scottish outreach in Africa, the Church of Scotland has said the flow of missionaries now needs to be reversed. The message was made by the Moderator of the Church's ...
Church in Wales leaders meeting in Cardiff have been told efforts to spread the word of Jesus will be virtually pointless unless the Church is "fit for purpose" The plea was made in an Presidential A...
Claims of "deeply inappropriate" conduct during the selection process for a new Bishop of Llandaff have been thrown out by the Church in Wales. The Church's legal sub-committee investigated a letter ...
A church on the Wirral has taken in around 20 people evacuated from their homes after a suspected gas explosion that left two people seriously injured. Life Church in Bebington become a response cent...
A Church in north-west London has opened its doors to around 50 local residents as army bomb disposal teams worked through the night to remove a Second World Wa St Martin's Church in Kensal Green spr...
One church is Cheshire is bucking the trend of extortionate wedding costs by arranging every aspect of the service for £1000 and church members offering their St John the Baptist Church in Hartford...
The Church of England has held a special conference on climate change and the environment. Justin Welby has hosted the Ecumenical Patriarch, sometimes known as "The Green Patriarch" as the Church mee...
A church in Hull has been open for prayer after the body of missing university student, Libby Squire was found in the Humber estuary. Hull Community Church has held a minute's silence in memory of Li...
Two churches in Derby have opened books of condolence for the three people who died in a house fire early on Sunday, which police believe may have been started Amy Smith, 17, her six-month-old daugh...
A community left "devastated" after the death of an eight year old girl in the West Midlands is being invited to light a candle and prayer at a local church. St James at Brownhills opened its doors a...
