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Stories of Christians in action, both at home and around the world
- To encourage you to attend, how about if we offered: Beds – for those who say Sunday is their day to sleep-in. Safety helmets – for anyone who fears the roof would fall in if they entered a church door. Blankets and hot water bottles – for those who find our church too cold. Fans...Come back to church!
- A big increase in the number of historic churches and chapels seeking funding for urgent repair, maintenance and development projects has been reported by the National Churches Trust in its Annual Review for 2017 – 2018. It received 480 applications for grants in 2017, an increase of 26% on 2016. The increase is partly due...Historic churches ‘threatened’ by funding cuts and climate change
- The Methodist Conference has welcomed the Mission and Ministry in Covenant joint report by the Methodist Church and the Church of England. The report outlines proposals for bringing the Methodist Church and the Church of England into communion with each other. If accepted, the proposals would enable interchangeability between presbyteral ministries and see increased missional opportunities...Methodists welcome closer ties
- African Christianity is growing fast. Half the growth in the global church each year takes place across the African continent! The global Church grows annually by 29 million Christians (or Christian adherents), and 14 millions of these are across the continent of Africa. The Anglicans make up 10% of Africa’s Christians. Twelve of their 39 Provinces...African growth – and African problems
- We all know about the American preference for bigger cars and houses. But Americans even like their churches to be bigger. More than half of American churchgoers attend one of the 1,600 megachurches (each with at least 2,000 in attendance). The five largest American churches are beyond imagining in a UK context: Lakewood Church, Houston,...Bigger in America
- Even London’s taxi drivers have given their backing to a new app aimed at eradicating modern slavery in the hand car wash industry. The app has been launched by The Clewer Initiative, the Church of England’s campaign against modern slavery, and the Santa Marta Group, the Catholic Church’s anti-slavery project, amid concerns about slavery and...Taxi drivers back campaign to eradicate modern slavery in hand car washes
- A commemorative booklet called Silence has been produced for churches to give away at Remembrance events this November. Silence includes many of the familiar Remembrance epitaphs, poems and exhortations and aims to help all those attending Remembrance services to engage with God in the two minutes silence. On Sunday, 11 November 2018, people around the...Remembrance 100: Silence – a gift book for Remembrance
- Remembrance100 New C of E paper on Church Planting Recommendations for England’s Cathedrals welcomed Christian death toll in Nigeria rises: 200 slaughtered in armed attacks Holiday clubs help struggling families Growing food poverty crisis in UK Release International – still supporting persecuted Christians, 50 years on Church of England response to Windrush Day Is growing secularism...Looking at your Church (all articles for August)
- On 4th August 1918 King George V met to pray with members of the Houses of Parliament. One hundred days later, the war ended. This year, 4th August 2018 will be the first day of 100 days of prayer across the country, running until Armistice Day in November. Every day there will be prayers, Bible...Remembrance100
- The House of Bishops has recently published a paper on church planting and the mission of the Church. It sets out a set of principles, and also offers practical suggestions and theological grounding for this work. The Bishop of Chelmsford, Stephen Cottrell, explains: ‘A few years ago there was a wonderful series on the radio...New C of E paper on Church Planting
- Widespread support has been received for ideas recently set out by the Church of England to ensure the future of England’s Cathedrals. In all, more than 300 submissions were received in response to a consultation exercise. At the heart is the retention of Chapter as the governing body of a cathedral, but with changes in...Recommendations for England’s Cathedrals welcomed
- The death toll from the latest attacks on Christian communities in Nigeria has risen to more than 200, according to reports from journalists in Plateau State. In just one attack, herdsmen armed with guns and machetes have raided ten communities near the state capital, Jos in the past two weeks. According to reports, they burnt...Christian death toll in Nigeria rises: 200 slaughtered in armed attacks