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The Bishop of Bristol, Vivienne Faull, and the Bishop of Ramsbury, Andrew Rumsey, who are the Church of England’s joint lead bishops for Cathedrals and church buildings, have issued the following statement: “We are truly saddened to hear of the death of Frank Field (the Rt Hon Lord Field of Birkenhead, CH) following a period...

Baptist organisations in Palestine and Israel are continuing to support people amid the ‘heart-wrenching reality’ of the war in Gaza. One such organisation is Christian Mission to Gaza, whose founder and president is Hanna Massad, the former pastor of Gaza Baptist Church. In regular newsletters to supporters, Hanna details how CMG is actively involved in providing...

The Archbishop of Wales has called for a halt to the “indefensible abuse” of our waterways. Rivers, he said, were dying because of pollution. Archbishop Andrew John’s comments came during his recent Presidential Address to members of the Governing Body of the Church in Wales at the start of its two-day meeting in Newport. Archbishop...

Cardiff Baptist College and Regent’s Park College are among four theological colleges in the UK and Republic of Ireland to have been awarded funding to develop teaching resources incorporating science, ethics, and theology. The funding is part of the Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science (ECLAS) project, based at St John’s College, Durham University....

£8.5m for parish outreach Church Commissioners for England welcomes Oversight Group’s report Spreading hope and love ‘amid the darkness’ Benefact Trust announces £1.5 million for churches to achieve Net Zero goal Duke of Edinburgh appointed as Lord High Commissioner Scottish Parliament recognises ‘iconic’ St Giles’ Bellringers win prestigious award Faith in Families to run Wales’...

The Church of England has awarded nearly £8.5 million for projects to help churches spread the Christian faith, including parish renewal programmes and children’s and youth work in rural and urban areas. Grants have been approved for mission from the north of England to the Kent coast, much of it in low-income areas, covering parish...

The Board of Governors of the Church Commissioners has warmly welcomed the recent report of the independent Oversight Group, the recommendations from which will shape the new Fund for Healing, Repair and Justice. The Oversight Group was tasked with advising on the Church Commissioners’ response to its historic links with African chattel enslavement. “In seeking...

Baptist organisations in Palestine and Israel are continuing to support people amid the ‘heart-wrenching reality’ of the war in Gaza. One such organisation is Christian Mission to Gaza, whose founder and president is Hanna Massad, the former pastor of Gaza Baptist Church. In regular newsletters to supporters, Hanna details how CMG is actively involved in providing...

A £1.5 million grant that will help a group of churches pay for items such as solar panels and heat pumps has been recently announced by the Benefact Trust. The grant-giving charity will provide additional support over two years to up to 60 ‘demonstrator’ churches who in turn will lead the way in inspiring and...

Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, has been appointed as the Lord High Commissioner to the 2024 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, a decade after he last took on the role of royal representative at the annual gathering. The Lord High Commissioner is the Sovereign’s personal representative to the General Assembly of the...

– as the congregation celebrates 900 years A recent motion has been laid in the Scottish Parliament recognising St Giles’ Cathedral as “a prominent part of the life of Edinburgh and Scotland for 900 years”. It commends the “iconic” cathedral, which was probably founded by King David I in 1124, for “its various projects, designed...

Bellringers from churches in North Wales have won a prestigious national award. Chirk, Overton and Bangor-on-Dee churches have been named Cluster of the Year for their cooperation in recruiting, teaching, and developing bellringing in their communities. The award was given by ART, the Association of Ringing Teachers, an organisation set up to improve the standards...