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The whole ‘Baptist family’ has responded magnificently to the Baptist Union of Great Britain’s (BUGB) Spurgeon’s appeal – £90,000 has been donated by churches and individuals to support Baptist students who had been studying at Spurgeon’s College when it sadly and unexpectedly closed its doors in July 2025 Many students were facing considerable financial disadvantage...

 Margam Abbey Church in Wales  has been celebrating the fact that a Roman villa, exceptional in both scale and preservation, has been identified in Margam, offering unprecedented insight into the region’s Romano‑British past. The find is the result of ArchaeoMargam, a partnership between Swansea University’s Centre for Heritage Research and Training (CHART), Neath Port Talbot...

A record number of young adults have joined a year-long placement scheme to experience ministry in the Church of England. The Ministry Experience Scheme (MES) intake this year is 121, the largest the scheme has had since it was founded more than a decade ago. This year’s total means that more than 1,000 young adults,...

Introducing Dame Sarah Mullally – the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury Could we offer a Warm Welcome Space at our church? Shall we reach out to the Gypsies, Travellers and Roma? Break the Debt Blues: your path out of debt to a fresh start this year How people fast during Lent We welcome all ages  **...

The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE officially became Archbishop of Canterbury on 28th January 2026, when she was legally confirmed at St Paul’s Cathedral. Most people know that she had been Bishop of London for several years, and that she is the first woman to ever become Archbishop of Canterbury.  But...

Hundreds of churches across the country joined in again last month (January) to support the first anniversary of the national Warm Welcome Spaces campaign.  Warm Welcome Spaces is described by the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as “a chain of hope… the heartbeat of local communities.” The scheme was first launched during the crisis of...

Gypsies, Travellers and Roma don’t often get a mention in General Synod. But seven years ago, this month (Feb 2019), they gained an unexpected ally: the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell. For Stephen Cottrell introduced a debate calling for more pastoral care and compassion for the estimated 200,000 Gypsies, Travellers and Roma living in the...

As the post-Christmas bills continue to pile up, many of us feel under financial pressure. It can be a lonely time, but you don’t have to face it alone. For Christians Against Poverty (CAP) have launched a new Five-Step Guide which is a roadmap to get you from financial worry to a fresh start.  In...

Many of us fast during Lent. It seems that the kind of fast you undertake may be connected to your denomination.  A recent survey found the following: 94% Black Majority Churchgoers give up all food for a set time. 85% of Orthodox churchgoers cut out specific foods and/or drinks. 83% of Pentecostal churches give up...

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – 18th to 25th January 11th January – why we have Plough Sunday 2026 Patronal Festival Grants available from the Choral Evensong Trust Embedding Religious Education is key to building understanding Bishop Mullally presses for palliative-care availability in Lords debate Bishop of Tewkesbury to be new lead safeguarding...

This year the prayers and reflections are from the Armenian Apostolic Church, along with the Armenian Catholic and Evangelical Churches. These resources draw upon centuries-old traditions of prayer and petitions used by the Armenian people, along with hymns that originated in the ancient monasteries and churches of Armenia, some of which date as far back...

In bygone years, the supply chain of food across Britain was fairly short: if it didn’t grow in your local fields, you were apt to go hungry. Hence the widespread traditional custom of Plough Sunday – bringing a plough (and sometimes a lamb as well) into church and praying for God’s blessing on the land...