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On Wednesday 26th July, the army in Niger announced a coup and removed the country’s president, Mohamed Bazoum, from power. The West African country’s borders were closed, a nationwide curfew imposed, and all government institutions were suspended. General Abdourahmane Tchiani has since declared himself the new leader of Niger. This military takeover marks the ninth...

Church of England awards £16.3 million for mission  Archbishops welcome Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Friendly Churches  Clergy struggle to make ends meet Believe in your local government Christian Aid warns thousands at risk after Ukraine floods Tearfund campaign to help victims of drought in Ethiopia Nigeria – the attacks continue Bumblebees are happy near churches...

Apprentice youth workers, youth ministers, children and family workers, as well as chaplaincy aimed at students in further education, are to be funded as part of major awards to dioceses recently announced by the Church of England. A total of £16.3 million has been awarded by the Strategic Mission and Ministry Investment Board to five...

The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have recently met with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people advocating for a new initiative aimed at reaching out to people within these communities. The Gypsy, Roma Traveller (GRT) Friendly Churches will encourage and signpost churches to do more to welcome people into worshipping communities. Archbishop Justin said: “The Gospel...

Is the C of E paying its clergy enough? The amount of the stipend is determined by dioceses, but they use national stipend benchmarks which are set by the Archbishops’ Council each year. A guiding principle in setting these benchmarks is that “clergy should be paid at a level that gives them a standard of...

The Bishop of Durham believes that people should take local government more seriously. Speaking recently in the House of Lords, he said that too few people appreciate the important role that local government can play in addressing the issues that they most care about. Bishop Paul Butler said: “There is a feeling among the public,...

Christian Aid has been working “around the clock” with its partners in Ukraine to make sure fresh water supplies are reaching survivors, after the Nova Kakhovka dam was recently destroyed. It is also providing humanitarian supplies to people who are displaced across, or who had to leave, the affected areas of southern Ukraine. Iryna Dobrohorska, Chirstian...

More than 20.1 million people across Ethiopia are without the food they need to survive. They are in crisis because of the prolonged drought, caused by the failure of five rainy seasons. And because the land is now so dry, the recent brief rains only caused flash flooding, that destroyed more farmland and drought-weakened livestock. As...

Bumblebees like churchyards. At least, they were the insects most seen during a recent survey of churchyards and burial grounds in England. It all shows “how valuable, when managed sensitively, many of our churchyards are for bumblebees,” said a spokesman for Caring for God’s Acre, a conservation charity for UK burial grounds.  Such places often...

Release International partner, Archbishop Ben Kwashi, says: “We have come to another season of constant attacks on Christian villages and Christian people in central Nigeria. “The consistency with which these attacks have gone for nearly 20 years is a sad commentary on the leadership of Nigeria, who do not care about the poor and vulnerable,...

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Patriarch Kirill of Moscow has urged the Russian armed forces to continue their ‘war of defence’ in Ukraine. He said: “We are called to defend our country, and this alone should mobilise our spirit and strengthen love for our fatherland, making us fearless, strong and capable like our ancestors. Russia is one of the truly...