A Christian Conservative MP who defied the government over its plans to relax Sunday trading laws has hailed victory after the proposals were voted down last ni David Burrowes was one of 27 Conservat...
David Cameron says the Government wants Christians to stand up and oppose aggressive secularization. David Cameron says the Government wants Christians to stand up and oppose aggressive secularizatio...
A safeguarding expert who wrote a review of sex abuse within the Church of England said his recommendations for better practice to protect survivors have been i Ian Elliott told BBC Radio 4's Sunday ...
A record number of people attended an Alpha course last year. Across around 9,000 churches, 271,000 took up invites from friends or churches to take part in the eleven week series.The course, which w...
The number of people listening to Premier's Christian radio stations outnumbers the number of people in the UK attending Church of England services. A new survey by ComRes found over 1.2 million adul...
The number of prosecutions for human trafficking in England and Wales have reached a record high but they are "tiny" compared to the actual extent of the crime, Revd Steve Chalke from two anti-traffi...
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 ...
