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 ...

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

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

CONGREGATIONALISM is being “silently endorsed” in the Church of England, a new report warns, because the leaders of new worshipping communities (NWCs) are writing eucharistic texts for their ...

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 ...

HARVEST festival remains a mainstay in the Church of England calendar, but is less common in denominations that have been expanding in recent years, research from the charity Green Christian suggests.