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- HOPE Together has a new executive director. Dr Rachel Jordan-Wolf has just taken over from Roy Crowne as executive director to lead HOPE Together in the UK. Rachel has worked closely with HOPE Together since 2010, when she was the Church of England’s National Mission and Evangelism Advisor. “We’re still really committed to evangelism being at the heart...Reshaping the HOPE Together team as HOPE goes global
- The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Co-Convenors of the Global Tailings Review, the Church of England Pensions Board and the Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds, have recently announced a partnership to create an independent international institute to support the implementation of the Global Industry Standard...Partnership to Support the Global Tailings Standard
- This month you can join churches around the UK in prayer, giving and action, on behalf of those who are struggling with poverty. Society should be “founded on compassion and justice, where all people are able to exercise dignity, agency and power,” says Church Action on Poverty. For free resources to encourage prayer and fund-raising,...Church Action on Poverty Sunday, 21st February
- The founder of the largest independent faith-based safeguarding charity in the UK was recently awarded an MBE for services to safeguarding the vulnerable. David Pearson led Thirtyone:eight (known previously as CCPAS) until his retirement in 2010. From humble beginnings in a caravan parked on his driveway, the charity now employs 50 staff and engages with...An MBE for the founder of CCPAS
- Editor: We apologise for the lack of many ‘news’ stories for January. This is due partly to Coronavirus, which has resulted in the cancellation of many usual events, and also to Christmas: all the current ‘news’ stories are focused on events happening at Christmas, and not in January! We must become a ‘simpler, humbler, bolder...News (all) for January 2021
- The momentous events of 2020 will have a “profound effect” on the future of the Church of England and our wider society, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have said. In a recent joint address to the General Synod, Archbishops Justin Welby and Stephen Cottrell said the Church of England must adapt and put its...We must become a ‘simpler, humbler, bolder Church’ – Archbishops
- England’s cathedrals continue to play a huge role in the worship, heritage, and civic life of the country according to the latest figures from the Church of England. In 2019, 1.3 million people attended services at cathedrals across the country and England’s cathedrals also attracted nearly 10 million visitors a year. In 2019, a weekly...Visitor and worshipper numbers to England’s cathedrals grew prior to lockdown
- It is not just Covid-19 that makes other people want to avoid us. Up to three million people worldwide are living with leprosy, a disease that can separate sufferers from their loved ones for years. Someone is newly diagnosed with leprosy every two minutes, and millions of people suffer crippling deformities. Leprosy Mission was founded...World Leprosy Day – 30th January
- 18th – 25th January This year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity has been prepared by the Monastic Community of Grandchamp in Switzerland. The theme, “Abide in my love and you shall bear much fruit”, is based on John 15:1-17 and expresses Grandchamp Community’s vocation to prayer, reconciliation and unity in the Church and the...Time to prepare for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
- Stewardship, the UK’s leading Christian philanthropy charity, has recently backed a report by leading back-bench MP Danny Kruger, calling for a ‘levelling up of our communities’ and a ‘New Deal for Faith Communities’ in the UK. Commissioned by No 10 Downing Street to bring forward proposals in light of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Danny Kruger consulted...UK’s leading Christian philanthropy charity backs government report
- “God is with us in our pain and fear’ – Bishop of London’s message of hope Going to church in the coronavirus pandemic Parishes serving their communities Church of England launches its Anti-Racism Taskforce More than £10m in grants to 66 churches and cathedrals Living in Love and Faith ** “God is with us in...News (all) for December 2020
- – Bishop of London’s message of hope The Bishop of London, Rt Revd Sarah Mullally, has said that despite this being a time of “great uncertainty and challenge” as the world struggles to “overcome a devastating pandemic that has cut short earthly lives, destroyed livelihoods, and separated us from the people and activities we enjoy,”...“God is with us in our pain and fear”