The newly re-instated Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Right Rev Dr Richard Murray, has announced plans for a special General Assembly to reflect on safeguarding failures in the d...
The classic worship song ‘Shine, Jesus shine’ has been reimagined this December as part of the UK-wide Shine Your Light Christmas campaign. First written by Graham Kendrick in 1987, the song has r...
Two in three people in the UK believe Christmas has become too commercial and want to bring its meaning back, according to a new poll from The Children’s Society. Half of the adults surveyed say the...
The Bishop of Southwark has announced he will retire next year, after 14 years of ministry. Rt Rev Christopher Chessun will step down his 70th birthday on 4th August. The Bishop of Croydon, Rt Rev D...
As Christians mark the season of Advent with prayers and special services, a city church in St Albans is organising an event with a difference. Blandford Road church is hoping to find the most festi...
The new Bishop of Plymouth has been installed at a ceremony attended by people from across his diocese which includes Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. Rt Rev Nicholas Hudson will lead a diocese that ser...
Christian footballer Bukayo Saka has confirmed his engagement to his girlfriend of five years, Tolami Benson. The 24 year old Arsenal player and his fiancée who is also 24, shared the news in a seri...
A tribunal for the Diocese of Southwark has upheld a new complaint against former vicar David Tudor. The complaint relates to the serious sexual abuse of a 15-year-old during the time Tudor was a prie...
Eurovision runner-up and social media star Sam Ryder is set to play the title role in Jesus Christ Superstar at the London Palladium. Ryder will make his West End theatre debut in the Andrew Lloyd Web...
Kemi Badenoch has described Rachel Reeves’ new benefit reforms as “unchristian”. In conversation with Nick Robinson on the Political Thinking podcast on Friday morning, the Conservative leader c...
Christian Aid, the international development charity, has reported a £12 million fall in income, according to accounts filed at Companies House this week. The charity recorded an income of £71.1 mil...
Peers in the House of Lords have been given an extra 10 days to scrutinise the Assisted Dying Bill. The move follows concerns that a huge volume of amendments could stop the bill from passing. The bil...
Christian organisations have responded to Rachel Reeves’ new budget, announced in Parliament this afternoon. It was partially overshadowed by controversy, after a technical error by the Office for B...
A Sudanese refugee has been charged, after threatening a Christian street preacher with a knife at Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park. Ahmed Mohammed was known to preacher Daniel Ayettey from a “minor in...
Northern Ireland’s education minister, Paul Givan, said he would ensure the “Christian ethos in our schools is maintained” after the UK Supreme Court ruled that Christian-based religious educati...
A Catholic filmmaker has alleged that the National Trust denied him permission to film a religious site in Northumberland, due to a ban on filming associated with faith. Christian Holden, a UK-based C...
Dame Sarah Mullally is to be formally elected as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury in a centuries-old ceremony marking another historic step towards becoming the Church of England’s most senior b...
A vicar in Lincoln has been banned from driving for two years after crashing the Bishop of Lincoln's car while drunk. Fr Sion Hughes Carew was arrested at the scene near Lincoln Cathedral after th...
A coalition of religious organisations is urging the government to introduce major reforms to the UK’s tax system. They are arguing that fairer taxation is necessary to address rising poverty, deepe...
A Christian street preacher has been cleared by a jury at Swindon Crown Court, following charges from remarks made in a public space. The case raised questions about freedom of speech and the policin...
