A LEGISLATIVE amendment banning the publication of election material containing a picture of a religious building that “suggests a close connection” between the candidate and the building — or the ...

THE General Synod elections are now under way; so candidates’ statements are being analysed to determine their positions on issues likely to arise in the next quinquennium. A full list of candidates ...

BISHOPS of the US state of Tennessee have appealed for “restraint, human dignity, and mercy” in the case of the botched execution of Christa Pike, who is on life support in hospital. Pike, 50, ...

THE consecration of Canon Tim Lomax to be Suffragan Bishop of Warwick, in the diocese of Coventry, which was previously scheduled for 6 November, has been postponed after complaints. A statement from ...

BRITISH people who espouse Christian nationalist views are a “deeply anxious” group, and conversations with them should explore “what is it that bothers them so much about the state of Britain today”, ...

AROUND 300 affordable homes are to be built on land sold by the diocese of Leeds, it was announced last week. A statement issued by the developer, Breck Homes, said that the development at Lees Hall ...

THE Consistory Court of the diocese of Southwell & Nottingham has refused to grant the vicar and churchwardens of St Mary’s, Radcliffe-on-Trent, a faculty for the purchase and storage of a “portable ...

THE dangers of conflating God’s voice with a human one and letting prayer ministry turn into a form of control, even unintentionally, are among the issues explored in a new guide to prayer from Church ...

“I think it’s really important to recognise that we’re all made differently,” the Archbishop of Canterbury says. Since being diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 15, it has shaped her educational and ...

GRANDPARENTS separated by distance from their families, juggling caring responsibilities for both grandchildren and ageing parents, or wondering how to pass on faith when their own children have left ...

AS NEURODIVERGENT ministers and educators, we are commited to helping and supporting those who are training for ministry and are also neurodivergent. In our research, we spoke to 41 participants who ...

AROUND 2,000 members of the Mothers’ Union and the Archbishop of Canterbury met in Durban, South Africa, last week in a global gathering to celebrate the movement’s 150th anniversary. On Saturday, the ...