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Most Revd Justin Welby has claimed legalising assisted dying would result in a fundamental change in the way society values life. Speaking ahead of a debate on the Assisted Dying Bill in Parliament o...

Some parishioners are angry at plans to remove an historic organ from a church in Hertfordshire. The organ at St Paul's Church in St Albans is 110-years-old and according to the vicar would cost the ...

A two-year-old girl died whilst at a Bible convention in Nottingham after she was hit by her father's car, an inquest has found. Evelyn Celgy, from Crewe, Cheshire, was killed outside Nottingham's Ca...

A two-year-old girl has died after being hit by a car in Nottingham shortly after attending a Christian conference. Evelyn Maria Celgy was rushed to Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre after the acci...

The incoming Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has called on the Church to be given the same level of free expression and tolerance as other group Rt Revd Dr Ian McNie said tolerance wa...

Call The Midwife's Tom Brittney has been announced as the new clergyman in ITV hit drama Grantchester. Brittney will replace crime-fighting clergyman Sidney Chambers, played by James Norton who will ...

Bakeries in Tonga are calling for an intervention from the King after the government moved to tighten laws on selling bread on Sundays. Church leaders had campaigned for the ban to be enforced using ...

Controversial evangelist Tony Anthony has republished his supposed autobiography 'Taming the Tiger', despite claims that many parts of it has been made up. The book, which tells the story of Tony Ant...

Sir Tony Baldry is set to become chair of the Church Buildings Council when he steps down as an MP in 2015. The Rt Hon Sir Tony Baldry MP was appointed second church estates commissioner in 2010, pr...

Former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair has said he is not counting on God to solve Brexit. Speaking to BBC2's Newsnight, Mr Blair, who switched from the Anglican church to Catholicism soon after le...

The former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has said there's "too much Muslim mass immigration" to Europe. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph Lord Carey has said oil-rich Gulf States should be "doi...

Despite the prospect of a revolt among Jeremy Corbyn's shadow Cabinet, it is too soon to make predictions about his position as leader of the Labour Party, Chri Stephen Beer from Christians on the Le...

It's thought the richest one per cent of the population will be richer than the rest of the world added together over the next year. The new figures from Oxfam show the richest 1% have seen their sha...

Three former or outgoing senior leaders from the Church of Scotland have tackled a fear of heights to abseil from the Forth Rail Bridge above the Firth of Forth Outgoing Principal Clerk, Very Rev Dr ...

The top performing Church of England state school chosen by David Cameron for his daughter is facing the prospect of an investigation amid claims it asked for m Grey Coat Hospital School in central L...

One of Northern Ireland's best lawyers has been drafted in to assist a Christian-owned bakery in a discrimination case regarding a cake with a gay slogan. The Equality Commission of Northern Ireland ...

A senior lawyer who was looking into abuse within the Anglican and Catholic Church as part of the government's independent inquiry has quit. Aileen McColgan has resigned from the investigation due to...

The bosses of the Lib Dems in Scotland and Wales have given their support to Christian Tim Farron for the leadership of the UK party. Mr Farron has not yet announced if he will go for the top job, bu...

Here's a look back at the top viewed stories on premier.org.uk/news for the months January to April. Episcopal Church suspended from full participation in Anglican CommunionIn January Anglican Primat...

Here's a look back at the top viewed stories on premier.org.uk/news for the months May to August Steve Chalke's Oasis church to offer gay marriagesIt was in May that Premier exclusively broke the new...