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The Methodist Church is appealing for help in helping victims of the Indonesian tsunami. On Friday 28 September, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, setting off a tsunami that engulfed the city of Palu.

Waves more than three metres high swept across the land destroying almost everything in...

A major new nationwide evangelism initiative for 2020 was recently launched at Lambeth Palace. The campaign, Advance 2020, is a unique initiative on the part of more than 100 evangelists and ministry leaders.  They have agreed to lead a major evangelistic thrust in 2020, and beforehand, to multiply the gift of younger evangelists, through mentoring...

Want to show support for the Persecuted Church?  Use the colour red Church parliamentarians call for next generation of women leaders Christian fair trade business Traidcraft could stop selling goods C of E warns: there is ‘no Planet B’ Universal Credit leaves people worse off, says Archbishop of Canterbury Muslim mobs force eight Egyptian churches...

This month you need to think about how you can use the colour red in order to support the Persecuted Church worldwide. For a second year running, Christian Solidarity Worldwide is partnering with Aid to the Church in Need for a second #RedWednesday, to be held on Wednesday 28th November. #RedWednesday will be a day...

Women who represent the Church of England in Parliament have spoken out about what it means to be a female leader, as part of an initiative to inspire the next generation to follow in their footsteps. In the 100th anniversary year of women’s votes, the three sitting women bishops in the House of Lords, together...

Traidcraft plc is in trouble.  With very poor recent trading figures and despite enormous efforts by the staff and management and Fair Traders, it warns that the present model for the company may be no longer viable. Traidcraft’s charity branch, Traidcraft Exchange, will continue to support farmers and lobby government through its charitable arm, and...

The Church of England is continuing to voice its concern over climate change. Following news that the summer of 2018 was the hottest on record in England, and the UK’s joint warmest overall, The Bishop of Salisbury, Nicholas Holtam, the Church of England’s lead bishop for Environmental Affairs, said: ‘It is becoming difficult for even...

The Archbishop of Canterbury recently called for the rollout of Universal Credit to be halted, saying it has left people worse off. The Most Rev Justin Welby received a standing ovation at the recent TUC Congress in Manchester when he attacked the benefits system, said the living wage should be higher and criticised firms like...

Eight churches in a Coptic diocese in Upper Egypt have had to close after persistent hostility from Muslim villagers. According to Christian lawyer Gamil Ayed, villagers have been protesting bids to secure legal recognition for church buildings. Two years ago, the Egyptian government introduced a law giving churches the same legal rights as mosques, but the...

At least that is a finding from the latest British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, which has found that patients admitted to hospital are more likely to have religious faith than people in the general public. It seems that more than half of us are happy to say that we have ‘no religion’, according to the...

A new vision for RE is ‘vital’ for properly equipping our children.  So says the Church of England’s Chief Education Officer, Nigel Genders. He was responding to the recent publication of the Final Report by the Commission on Religious Education.  He said: ‘this report calls for a new vision for Religious Education (RE) which is...

Two English cathedrals have defended their commitment to staff welfare after it emerged they have been advertising vacancies which include zero-hour contracts. The practise of hiring workers on the basis they receive no guaranteed working hours was in the news recently when the Archbishop of Canterbury called the practise ‘evil’. Norwich Cathedral had advertised for...