THE Racial Justice Board of the Church of England has expressed “deep concern and disquiet” about the Archbishops’ Council’s decision to reduce funding for racial-justice work from £20 million in 2023 ...

Isaiah 35.1-10; Psalm 146.1-10; James 5.7-10; Matthew 11.2-11 THIS is not a Gospel for those who like easy answers. One commentator remarks that, among the four Evangelists, “Matthew’s presentation of ...

A VICAR in the diocese of Chelmsford has been barred from schoolteaching, and has stepped back from ministry, over his failure to report that a convicted sex offender in his congregation was in danger ...

THE Synod’s attempts to discuss mission and ministry were interrupted by an anti-transgender protest on behalf of an imprisoned former Church of Ireland schoolteacher (News 8 April 2023, 22 May 2023).

THE General Synod heard on Friday from an ecumenical guest, the Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Dr Tapio Luoma. In his address, he recalled a visit, 30 years earlier, to St ...

The Church TimesScotland This is an exciting opportunity for a full-time priest to live and serve in one of the most beautiful areas of Scotland. Our two congregations, St James the Great in Dollar ...

Women in the Church ‘continue to experience micro-aggression’ says Bishop of London ...

THE Most Revd Justin Welby was, one episcopal colleague has suggested, “our most efficient Archbishop since Fisher”. Against a backdrop of complaints about increased managerialism in the Church of ...

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THE Church of England faces extinction within 40 years because the faith it proclaims is not “contagious” enough, a new study reports. The study was compiled by Dr John Hayward, a mathematician at the ...

IN NOVEMBER 2022, David Lammy stood at the pulpit in St Martin-in-the-Fields, in central London, and spoke explicitly about how Jesus Christ was the inspiration for his politics as well as his ...

THE persecution of Christians in Iran is an increasingly urgent matter in need of investigation, Article 18, a UK-based religious-freedom organisation, reports. In The Tip of the Iceberg, it describes ...