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Bishops of Hereford and Bath & Wells call for support for Synod motion on church funds
THE Church Commissioners would have to allocate an amount equivalent to one per cent of their endowment annually to Diocesan Stipend Funds, under a new Measure proposed by the Bishop of Hereford, Dr Richard Jackson, and the…
CNC must approach the search for the next Archbishop of Canterbury ‘with an open mind’, says its chair
“A DISCERNMENT process rather than a selection process” is how the chairman of the Canterbury Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), Lord Evans of Weardale, describes the search for the next Archbishop of Canterbury.A former…
Assistant curate tells Covid-19 Inquiry she was ‘the last nurse standing’ in care home
A SENIOR nurse who was in a ten-day “locked-in arrangement” at a care home during the pandemic has told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that she felt God’s “tangible presence” throughout.The Revd Charlotte Hudd, an Assistant Curate…
Alec Ryrie on The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It
On the podcast this week, Dr Alec Ryrie, Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University, talks about his latest book, The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It, an examination of society’s fixation with the…
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Jimmy Swaggart, televangelist, dies, aged 90 THE American televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multi-million-dollar ministry collapsed after a sex scandal, died on Tuesday, aged 90, after suffering a heart attack at his home…
It is time to stop exploiting self-supporting ministers
SEVENTY years ago last Christmas, my newly married parents were evicted. Having suffered a miscarriage, my mum was pregnant again, and the Rector of Bridlington Priory, the un-eponymous Canon Lamb, decided that a growing…
Ordination of lay ministers is ‘inflammatory’ say bishops
SEVEN Church of England lay ministers were ordained deacon in May by a bishop of a South African Church that is not a member of the Anglican Communion, it emerged last week.A bishop in the Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church…
Census 2021 data collated to include Covid-delayed Scottish results
A PICTURE of religion, marriage, wealth, and other aspects of life across the UK has been collated for the first time from the 2021 Census data. Usually, the census would be carried out on the same day across England and…
Survey exploring trust in Church of England scrapped
A SURVEY to explore trust and trustworthiness within the Church of England has been cancelled, the episcopal lead for the relevant task group, the Bishop of Peterborough, the Rt Revd Debbie Sellin, has announced. Last year,…
Faith leaders call on Government to penalise fossil-fuel firms through taxation
A LETTER calling on the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and the Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, to penalise fossil-fuel firms through taxation before this year’s COP30 climate summit has been signed by the former Archbishop of…
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