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Bishops take Government to task on mansion tax, church repairs, and SEND funding in Budget debate
FEW parishes will be able to pay the so-called “mansion tax”, and dioceses will not be able to absorb the cost, the Bishop of Manchester, Dr David Walker, warned on Thursday, during a House of Lords debate on the Autumn…
Bishop of Leicester joins children’s charities in welcoming new Child Poverty Strategy
THE Government’s new Child Poverty Strategy makes “important steps”, but lacks ambition, the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn Snow, has said.The strategy, announced on Friday, will lift about 550,000 children out of…
Supreme Court Lets Texas to Use Redistricting Maps for Midterms
The Supreme Court allowed Texas’ redistricting maps to remain in place for the 2026 midterms in a 6-3 unsigned opinion Thursday. The maps could grant the GOP five additional seats in the House of Representatives. Thursday’s…
Clergy ‘feel isolated’ and lonely, latest Living Ministry study concludes
WHILE almost three-quarters of the clergy participating in a ten-year study agreed that they were fulfilling their sense of vocation, 40 per cent felt isolated in their ministry, a report published this week reveals.Lord, for…
Organist’s 25-hour music marathon is fuelled by ‘tea and biscuits’
THE director of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM), Hugh Morris, has completed a 25-hour organ marathon to “raise the profile” of the instrument and to raise funds for Play the Organ Year. Mr Morris, accompanied…
Music is the food of love at St Jude-on-the-Hill
WRITING about the consecration, in May 1911, of St Jude-on-the-Hill, the architect Edwin Lutyens’s contribution to the social reformer Henrietta Barnett’s pioneering Hampstead Garden Suburb, the Church Times reporter ended by…
’Tis the season for cathedral Christmas markets
RECORD numbers of people have been attending cathedral Christmas markets, which are fast becoming a fixture in the calendar and contributing to outreach and finances.The markets are country-wide and vary in scale and…
Church Times and Sarum College lecture series returns with spotlight on English mystics
THE Church Times is running a third series of monthly online lectures on Christian spirituality in partnership with Sarum College. The 2026 series, which begins on 26 January, will focus on five English mystics: Margery…
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Methodists launch outdoor advertising campaignTHE first ever outdoor advertising campaign by the Methodist Church in Britain has been launched in London for Advent and Christmas, with the strapline: “You are a gift, Made with…
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