Provinces encouraged ‘to amend their constitution to remove any reference to being in communion with the See of Canterbury and the Church of England’ ...

ADVOCATES of “full inclusion” of LGBTQ+ people in the Church have reacted with dismay to the House of Bishops’ decision that stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples and the ...

A “ROBUST governance structure” is in place at the charity Leading Your Church Into Growth (LYCIG), which is expanding in size and entering into new contracts, it says. LYCIG runs courses to support ...

Network encourages incumbents who are unhappy with LLF process to make known their church’s willingness to withdraw from Church of England structures ...

THE Dean of Ely, the Very Revd Mark Bonney, is to retire at the end of next July after 40 years of ordained ministry. He moved to Ely in 2012 from Salisbury, where he was Canon Treasurer, and guided ...

IN 1979, a pair of journalists — Derek Bishton and John Reardon — set up a photography studio on a street in Handsworth, inviting passers-by to take self-portraits. More than 500 people took part. At ...

THE cellist Guy Johnston has just begun a short tour performing Sir John Tavener’s The Protecting Veil, with the Britten Sinfonia. A spine-tingling performance at the Hatfield Music Festival (of which ...

ON YOM KIPPUR — the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar — two Jewish people were killed and three left in a serious condition after a car-ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in ...

A CHURCH in London was a hive of innovation at the weekend as Christian technologists gathered for a 24-hour hackathon event. The Kingdom Code’s annual BUILD event teamed coders, developers, and ...

PUBLIC services should be delivered “through places and people that are trusted” and not in a “top-down, soulless” way, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said. Mr Burnham’s remarks ...

APPROVAL for stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples and the reconsideration of rules that bar the clergy from entering into same-sex marriage will be subject to further synodical ...