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- The Church Commissioners for England, which manages the endowment fund of the Church of England, recently published its financial results for 2021 in its Annual Report. The continued strong investment returns have enabled the Church Commissioners to increase its funding of the Church’s mission and ministry in the 2023-2025 triennium to an all-time high. The...Church Commissioners reports strong financial returns in 2021 of 13.3%
- The Church of England is planning a significant increase in funding for the next three years. It will go towards supporting parishes and growing new worshipping communities across the country. Ministries to young people and disadvantaged communities will be especially targeted. The Church Commissioners for England intend to distribute £1.2 billion between 2023 and 2025. That is...Church of England national funding to increase 30%
- England’s ancient cathedrals could be in the ‘vanguard’ of technological development needed for the green revolution. In fact, cathedrals could show the way in making changes for achieving Net Zero carbon across the whole Church by 2030, with a route map due for a vote at General Synod this month (July). So says the Church...Cathedrals can ‘light the way’ to Net Zero
- The Archbishop of York has encouraged cathedrals to continue to ask the ‘hard missional questions’ about how to transmit the gospel in the world of today. Archbishop Stephen Cottrell said cathedrals had a mission to show the ‘heart of Jesus’ in world of “so much hurt and so much confusion and so much uncertainty.” He...Cathedrals have a mission to show the ‘heart of Jesus’
- Ukrainian church leaders urge people to pray Starving in the shadow of Ukraine Child poverty strategy needed now “more than ever” Archbishop calls for the Government to work with faith groups to achieve net zero carbon Christian persecution growing in Nigeria, India and Afghanistan, warns US Commission Now China bans mentioning ‘Christ’ on the internet...News (all articles) for June 2022
- A special extended bank holiday weekend this month will give communities across the UK a chance to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. In February this year, HM the Queen became the first British monarch to celebrate 70 years of service. The weekend, from Thursday June 2nd to Sunday June 5th will include a birthday parade,...Celebrating the Platinum Jubilee
- A senior church leader in Ukraine has told the citizens that Russia’s war on Ukraine “did not begin with missiles and bombs – it began with deception, untruth and lies.” So says the head of Ukraine’s independent Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Epiphany (Dumenko). “The Lord is now showing us how we must resist with the testimony...Ukrainian church leaders urge people to pray
- The international development agency, Christian Aid, will spend £8m on vital supplies over the next six months to help the Ukrainian people. The money comes from donations to DEC, the Disasters Emergency Committee, that has raised more than £300m for Ukraine. That’s around £3 on average donated by every person in the UK. Through its...Christian Aid spends £8m from British people to help Ukraine
- The huge outpouring of support for Ukraine is now eclipsing other crises around the world, which in turn is threatening millions with starvation. So warns a number of charities and other humanitarian organisations. The UN reports that the situation in Somalia, where 4.5milliion people are at risk of starvation owing to the worst drought in...Starving in the shadow of Ukraine
- A cross-party strategy is urgently needed to tackle rising levels of child poverty in the UK. So says a new report by the Church of England. The report brought together the views of 14 organisations, church leaders and grassroots groups. It has called for cross-departmental approach in Whitehall, and formal structures for driving forward this...Child poverty strategy needed now “more than ever”
- The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has called on the Government to work with faith groups to achieve net zero carbon. Speaking recently in the House of Lords during a debate on Behaviour Change for Net Zero, he said: “My Lords, like the Government, the Church of England has targets for reaching net-zero carbon, in...Archbishop calls for the Government to work with faith groups to achieve net zero carbon
- A leading US Commission is calling for India, Nigeria and Afghanistan to be designated countries of particular concern, because of the growing threat to religious freedom in those nations. The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has recently published its 2022 Annual Report. Its findings are in line with the recent Persecution Trends...Christian persecution growing in Nigeria, India and Afghanistan, warns US Commission