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  A three-day evangelism event at Falkirk Stadium, in partnership with over 200 churches across Central Scotland, has led to 1000 people saying they want to become Christians. The Central Scotland Celebration of Hope saw churches invite Will Graham, grandson of the late Rev. Billy Graham, to come to Scotland and share the Gospel. The Falkirk...

A new online video has just gone live in a bid to encourage schools across the country to take part in the annual Cranmer Awards competition. The national contest is run by the Prayer Book Society which encourages rediscovery and use of the Book of Common Prayer.  The competition introduces young people aged between 11...

Tearfund has announced the launch of Tearfund USA – a new charity encouraging Americans to help fight global poverty and climate change.

Looking at Your Church (all articles)  Talking Jesus The Church of England is facing a serious shortage – of church organists Is the Church biased against northern accents? Ten Years of Book Sales The Windrush Generation at worship Fixed Odds Betting Terminals: £2 maximum stake is ‘right decision’, says bishop What problems do ministers have...

Talking Jesus Together we can make a huge impact on our nation… one by one…. amongst our friends and family as we follow the call of Jesus to share our faith! Are you up for the challenge? Talking Jesus – The Course includes six practical, video-based teaching sessions with inspirational testimonies to give real-life examples...

The Church of England is facing a serious shortage – of church organists Be very, very nice to your church organist, and don’t upset them, because they are becoming somewhat of an endangered species in the Church of England. In fact, so many churches now have organs, but no organists, that nearly one in three...

Is the Church biased against northern accents? Is it harder to become a vicar if you were brought up in the north of England?  At least one CofE bishop thinks so. The Bishop of Burnley, the Rt Revd Philip North, has said that selection boards favour well-spoken middle-class candidates over working-class candidates.  And he said...

Ten Years of Book Sales In 2017 there were £22 million worth of religious books sold in the UK, some 2.5 million copies. This was 1.4% of the total sales of books in the UK in 2017. The largest growth area was in religious but non-Christian book, because the Oxford University Press published its translation...

The Windrush Generation at worship The significant impact of the so-called “Windrush Generation” (those arriving in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and other islands) and other Commonwealth nationals from Africa, India and Pakistan has played a major role in shaping and creating modern Britain.  (The phrase...

Fixed Odds Betting Terminals: £2 maximum stake is ‘right decision’, says bishop The Bishop of St Albans, Alan Smith, has welcomed Government plans to limit the maximum stake on Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) to £2. He said the decision was an “essential” step in curbing the harm done by the machines, which he said have...

What problems do ministers have to deal with these days? Ever wonder what sort of pastoral problems people may be bringing to our minister? Struggles with loneliness and mental illness are pretty sure to come near the top, according to a new survey. The two issues have been found to be by far the commonest...

Let them eat cake! Many rural parishes have found that offering tea and cake to visitors ensures a warm welcome that will be gratefully remembered. One couple told of how they chanced on a church while out cycling late one afternoon in the countryside.  They were tired and hot and hungry and thirsty.  Two kindly...