The National Churches Trust say there is no shortage of churches for those who still wish to connect with their local community, unlike pubs and other high stre There are around 39,000 pubs in the UK...
It has been claimed a man at the heart of a child abuse scandal in the Church of England recruited one of his victims to help him carry out beatings. Alleged victim Andy Moorse told the BBC that barr...
Popular Christian TV show Songs of Praise is to lose its Anglican focus and start featuring services from Pentecostal, Roman Catholic and Salvation Army churche "Songs of Praise has evolved over the ...
Dr John Sentamu has said more ethnic minority Anglicans are needed for ordained ministry in the Church of England. He has created a booklet on minority ethnic vocations and the Archbishop said there ...
A Church in Exeter is expecting an increase in online viewers due to weather conditions. Though temperatures are rising in most places, many roads are still dangerous to drive on, with ice covering...
Sir Cliff Richard is mourning the loss of his younger sister Donna Goulden, who's died at the age of 73. A spokesman for the musician said Mrs Goulden died of natural causes after a long illness. ...
The Trussell Trust had a 47% increased demand in December compared to the average month last year; this year is set to be even higher. In December 2016, they provided 146,798 three-day emergency food...
Former Conservative cabinet minister Jonathan Aiken, a Christian, who served time in jail for perjury, has urged the Prison Service to extend its 'Listener sche The number of prisoners committing sui...
A growing number of schools are removing the historical terms BC and AD from religious education lessons in a bid to avoid offending non-Christians. Teachers in East Sussex and Essex are now among th...
It has emerged Humanist Society Scotland-registered celebrants conducted more weddings last year than any other religious body in the country, including the Chu New figures show 3,283 couples tying t...
A Christian who's ministered thousands of prisoners has said more staff are needed to prevent a record number of suicides. Gram Seed, who spent years in prison himself, was speaking after the Howard ...
A Christian charity which educates young people about drug abuse has called for greater stop-smoking provisions to go alongside e-cigarettes after the Royal Col Hope UK was speaking after the Royal C...
Church of England data has revealed that students at three of the country's oldest university cities are more likely to attend church than the general public. Almost 5,000 people regularly attend ser...
Jeremy Corbyn has said if he is elected Labour leader he'll apologise on behalf of the party for taking Britain into war in Iraq. Jeremy Corbyn has said if he is elected Labour leader he'll apologise...
Each week there are more than 2,200 Church of England (CofE) christenings across the country. Around a quarter of a million people attend, according to a new report that asked 1,000 people who were n...
Churches and chapels across the UK are set to benefit from a £246,205 grants package from the National Churches Trust. 41 churches will receive the funding to help with urgent repair work to towers,...
More than 400 UK churches are planning to switch to renewable energy providers after a campaign called for Christians to help the environment more. Launched at the beginning of Lent by charities Chri...
The Catholic Church has said it defrocked 55 priests for clerical sex abuse since 2001. In new figures released today the Church said they had been removed from the priesthood after new rules were pu...
More than half of people in Scotland now have no religion, according to new research. The report by the Scottish Social Attitudes survey shows 52% of people say they are not religious, compared wit...
A new report has found that 62 per cent of women have experiences sexism at church. The Sophia Network, which wants to see women in more leadership positions in church, conducted a survey to find out...
