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- We still enjoy ‘going to church’ online. In fact, recent viewing figures for the CofE’s national online services reveal that they continue to receive about 150,000 views a week. Overall, in 2022, they attracted more than eight million views. It was in March this year that the C of E marked three years since the...Worshipping online looks set to carry on
- The Church Urban Fund (CUF) reports that many churches have responded with “love and compassion” to the various needs of 9,000 Afghan refugees who have been living in temporary ‘bridging hotels’ for the past 18 months. As the government now takes steps to move the Afghans into settled accommodation, CUF wants the government to “ensure...Helping the Afghan refugees
- The aid agency Tearfund has been praised for the way in which it helps poor communities in Africa. It develops and supports them by working through their own local churches. Such a model has been found to produce “significant social value”. So says the research consultancy State of Life, which surveyed nearly 8000 responses from Rwanda,...Tearfund does work of “significant social value”
- “All you who pass by….” More volunteers needed to ring church bells for the King Ukraine: church leaders targeted by Russian forces Christians called to support local media The launch of ‘Bell Sunday’ in May When should people not be allowed to strike? ** Editor: The Ven John Barton visited York Minster last Good Friday...Looking at the Church – and Christians in action (all articles) in April 2023
- For Good Friday last year, the morning service at York Minister was offered online for everyone to see, anywhere in the world. It’s the most solemn day of the year. Hymns, readings, prayers: all focussed on Christ’s death and its benefits for humanity, for all time. A hundred or so people were in the congregation, alongside choir...“All you who pass by….”
- The Coronation’s ‘Ring for the King’ challenge is still urgently looking for more volunteers – several thousand more of them, in fact. The new recruits will be needed if all the church bells in the country are to be rung on 6th May, the day of the Coronation. As we go to press, so far...More volunteers needed to ring church bells for the King
- Church leaders in Ukraine are being singled out for persecution by Russian forces in occupied areas. Some pastors have been arrested, interrogated, tortured, and even expelled from their towns by the Russian military and their supporters. Occupying forces have confiscated church buildings and Christians have received harsher treatment at Russian military checkpoints, say partners of...Ukraine: church leaders targeted by Russian forces
- What happens locally really matters… and local news matters massively. I believe, as a Christian minister, that churches and congregations have a calling to encourage community-based journalism and professional coverage of our localities. In the UK, a recent report by MPs highlighted the major challenges facing local media. Much advertising revenue has been driven online,...Christians called to support local media
- If you like church bells, you will be pleased to hear that there is now an ‘official’ Bell Sunday – this year to be held on 14th May. It will be held each year on the Sunday closest to 19th May. That is because 19th May is the feast day of St Dunstan, who way...The launch of ‘Bell Sunday’ in May
- The Government’s plans to curb strike actions by workers in essential services go too far. So says the Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich, the Rt Revd Martin Seeley. Speaking recently in the House of Lords during the debate on Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, he said: “For the good functioning of society, it is...When should people not be allowed to strike?
- Learn to bell-ring for King’s Coronation! The ‘Nones’ Trust in clergy falls by a third Chinese are increasing ‘weaponised surveillance’ against Christians Burnley ministers tell their stories via TV Let’s make 19th March a Mothering Sunday Giving the journey ** Learn to bell-ring for King’s Coronation! The Coronation of the King and the Queen Consort...Looking at the Church (all articles) for 2023
- The Coronation of the King and the Queen Consort will be held in Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6th May. It will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. A Palace statement has said that it will “reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry.” Meanwhile,...Learn to bell-ring for King’s Coronation!