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- More than 33,000 social action projects – from food banks to debt counselling – are run or supported by churches, according to figures setting out for the first time the full scale of the Church of England’s service to communities. The findings – which amount to the largest survey to date of the extent of...Full extent of Church of England work to support local communities revealed
- The Church of England’s lead bishop for Education, the Rt Revd Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely, has called for a cross-Government rural strategy to safeguard the future of education in rural communities. Bishop Stephen said that while ‘We have been reassured that the Government has a presumption against the closure of rural schools,’ and also...Lead Bishop for Education calls on Government for Rural Strategy
- A leading Anglican is warning that Nigeria’s Christians face escalating attacks by Islamist militants in the lead-up to this year’s (2019) general election. Christian farmers in the north are being driven from their homes and killed by Fulani herdsmen. The Anglican Archbishop of Jos, Benjamin Kwashi, has called for the Nigerian government to intervene to...Nigeria’s Christians brace for attacks ahead of elections
- The 2020 Lambeth Conference will be held in Canterbury from 23rd July to 2nd August. The theme is to be ‘God’s Church for God’s world’, and the aim is to help the Communion to ‘look at something greater and bigger than ourselves, and not to quibble around the little things in the family’. It is...2020 Lambeth Conference
- There is a link between reading the Bible and wanting to relieve poverty. So found a recent poll by the research firm Barna Group, on behalf of Tearfund. In fact, 87% of Christians have taken action on poverty in this past year alone, and say they see it as a core part of their discipleship....Four out of five Christians have ‘taken action’ on poverty
- Religious freedom is under threat in one of every five nations around the globe, due in part to an increase in “aggressive ultra-nationalism”, a Catholic NGO has said. Aid to the Church in Need found incidents of religious persecution in 21 countries in the two years to June 2018, including Niger, Myanmar, India and China. ...Religious freedom under threat worldwide
- With more and more Brits choosing the likes of Apple Pay and plastic over cash, the Church of England’s Parish Buying Team is encouraging churches to embrace contactless payments. Contactless payments have been on offer in petrol stations, retail stores and restaurants across Britain for several years. Now churches are being urged to follow suit,...Churches urged to embrace contactless payments as more Brits go cash-free
- Sixty-five religious leaders, including senior figures from the Anglican, Catholic and Methodist Churches, Masorti, Reform and Liberal Jewish movements and the Muslim Council of Britain recently published a letter in the Sunday Times backing the real Living Wage. They expressed deep concern at low pay and in-work poverty, ‘which is damaging family life, and robbing...Church leaders back ‘real’ Living Wage
- Gin’s current popularity is being put to good use by Blackburn Cathedral. It has just launched its own-brand gin, Cathedra, which aims to be a brand that will sell across the country, and thereby create an income stream for the Cathedral. Blackburn Cathedral invested £12,000 in developing the gin, which is handcrafted at Brindle Distillery...Cathedra Gin – inspired by England’s cathedrals
- The Radio 4 programme Something Understood will not be made after April 2019, despite recent pledges from the BBC that it would protect its religious broadcasting. No new series will be commissioned, but instead the programme’s slot will be filled with repeats from the series. Something Understood explores spiritual and ethical topics through reflection, music...BBC to axe ‘Something Understood’
- More than 40 people were recently killed in a militia attack on a Christian mission station in Alindao, around 180 miles east of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui. The attackers torched a church and forced 20,000 displaced persons who were sheltering in an adjacent compound to flee. A local politician told journalists, ‘We have counted 42...More than 40 slaughtered in attack on Christian mission in CAR
- If you want to enjoy art with your Bible reading, then visit the stunning new £2-million Bible-and-art website, ‘The Visual Commentary on the Bible’ (https://thevcs.org/) which was launched late last year. ‘The Visual Commentary on the Bible’ matches three works of art with passages of Scripture. Each triptych has been chosen by a theologian or...Stunning new £2-million Bible-and-art website