Organisers of the Big Church Day Out have suggested people who bought tickets to the festival this year may want to help clear a six-figure budget deficit. Speaking after the first leg of the event a...
The Big Church Switch, a Tearfund and Christian Aid initiative, has won the energy category in the PEA Awards (People, Environment, Achievement). The campaign was launched in February to inspir...
The number of people getting married in the UK has seen the biggest yearly jump in a decade. 262,000 weddings took place in 2012.It's being partly put down to the Royal Wedding which took place the y...
A Christian-run foodbank and fuelbank has said it "can only be a good thing" that the Big Six energy firms have met to discuss fuel poverty. Hull Foodbank, part of the Christian charity Trussell Trus...
A Christian education charity has said almost one in four parents are concerned about their child's progress in school as they return after summer break. TLG polled 1,000 parents and found that 23 pe...
Award-winning travel author Bill Bryson has been appointed a Vice-President of the National Churches Trust. The trust is an independent charity dedicated to supporting and promoting places of worship...
Best-selling author Bill Bryson has revealed his favourite church buildings as part of the launch of the UK's new church tourism website. The ExploreChurches site aims to make it easy to d...
The Government's confirmed that it's introducing a bill which, if passed, will see women bishops enter into the House of Lords faster than planned. General Synod members in the Church of England gave...
Premier's Political Editor has been crunching the numbers and gauging reaction to George Osborn's speech. George Osborne has set out plans to cut a further £25 billion pounds from public spending af...
The Archbishop of Glasgow has revealed he tried to comfort a woman who'd seen both her teenage daughter and her parents "killed almost right in front of her" in Jaqueline McQuade saw her daughter Eri...
David Cameron called Conservative Party members opposed to gay marriage "Neanderthals", according to his biographer. Sir Anthony Seldon, author of 'Cameron at 10' said that the Prime Minister defied ...
A Christian charity has encouraged people to be compassionate to people struggling with mental health issues after a new study claims around one in every 100 pe The study by Rethink Mental Illness fo...
The Diocese of York says its clergy are doing what they can to provide pastoral support as the area is hit by an outbreak of bird flu. Thousands of ducks are being culled after a case was detected at...
Birmingham Cathedral has shut its doors to the public in response to the national terror threat level which was increased to critical following Tuesday's terror The Cathedral, known as St Philip's, o...
A garden display inspired by Birmingham Cathedral has been given a gold award and named Best in Pavilion at the Chelsea Flower Show. The city council's entry by Darren Share uses plants to reflect di...
Birmingham Cathedral has re-opened its doors this morning after shutting them yesterday in response to the national terror threat level being increased to criti The acting Dean of the Cathedral, Cano...
Sanctuary Sunday marks the end of refugee week and a time to remember those seeking asylum. The service at 1:30 on Sunday will be the first official national service to be held anywh...
A church in Birmingham has credited the mobile phone app Pokemon Go with an increase in attendance at its Sunday service. Hundreds of people have visited Birmingham's City Road Methodist Church to ca...
The congregation of a Birmingham church that turned into a scene of a stabbing attack on Sunday have met for updates and encouragement. Members of the New Jerusalem Apostolic Church in Birmingham hel...
A World War One centenary event is taking place today to honour the contributions of millions of African and Caribbean servicemen during the war. Up to 1,000 people are expected to attend the remembr...
