A centre set up ten years ago to plant churches across Church of England dioceses is being downsized and a ‘significant number’ of staff are being made redundant because of a funding gap. Cash-flo...
Two priests from Bangor Cathedral in north Wales are calling for an independent inquiry after two reports raised safeguarding concerns and highlighted allegations of misconduct at St Deiniol’s Cathe...
A new study by the Evangelical Alliance has found that the majority of UK adults who become Christians say an “experience with God” was central to their conversion. The survey, Finding Jesus, exam...
Award-winning actress and singer Cynthia Erivo has responded to criticism of her upcoming role as Jesus in the Hollywood Bowl’s summer production of Jesus Christ Superstar, calling the backlash unwa...
The broadcaster and author Rev Richard Coles is joining the ministry team of a church in Eastbourne. Announcing the news in a post on X this morning, Mthr Arwen Mary Folkes who is vicar of St Mary t...
One of the oldest non-conformist churches in the country has just celebrated its 400th anniversary. A special service was held at Epping United Reformed Church (URC) which is the second oldest in the ...
The Coptic Archbishop of London is seeking clarification over reports that the oldest functioning monastery in the world is to be closed. It follows a court ruling this week over a land dispute betwee...
A new report has revealed the extent to which churches in Bristol are engaged in vital social action projects. The Bristol Thriving Communities report, released by Good Faith Partnership and Christia...
A vicar in Kent is hoping the BBC programme The Repair Shop may be able to help restore a war memorial which was badly damaged after being stolen from her church. The plaque was one of two World War O...
A man has been jailed after carrying out a string of burglaries across Cheshire, including thefts from churches and fraud against choir members. Bradley Higham, 47, was sentenced to four years and fou...
A U.S. State Department delegation has met with British pro-life activists who were arrested for silently praying near abortion clinics. The Telegraph has revealed that the five-member team, led by a...
The captain of Crystal Palace football team shared the Gospel with his team in the changing rooms after winning the FA Cup. In a viral video, Joel Ward, 35, can be heard saying: “Something that I ho...
A cellist and poet from Cumbria is cycling to all 42 Anglican cathedrals in England with his cello strapped to his bike as part of a personal pilgrimage combining faith, music and endurance. Beginning...
A Christian teacher has lost her case for unfair dismissal and religious discrimination. She was dismissed after accessing confidential files on a transgender pupil and refusing to use the child’s c...
The Supreme Court has concluded two days of hearings in a legal case challenging a school’s religious education and collective worship in Northern Ireland, with claims that provision is too Christia...
A former nightclub in Hull could be turned into a church if planning permission request is accepted. The Piper was a popular hotspot The building originally opened as the Monica Cinema in 1914 and wa...
The Diocese of Truro has confirmed that a plaque hung from a church in Falmouth in protest at a slave-trader memorial inside has been taken down. The blue plaque outside King Charles the Martyr Church...
Alpha, the internationally recognised Christian course designed for exploring faith, has reported its most successful year since its inception in 1977. In 2024, more than two million people participat...
Church leaders from Manipur, north-east India, have issued an urgent plea to the UK’s new special envoy for freedom of religion and belief, David Smith MP, calling for international intervention to ...
Bishops of the Church in Wales have reiterated their opposition to the Assisted Dying Bill, as the time to vote on it before parliament’s summer recess approaches. Led by the Archbishop of Wales, Mo...
