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The Church of Scotland has expressed sadness after recent new figures revealed that 1,339 people died of drug-related deaths in 2020. The rate is a 5% increase on the previous year and is the highest on record. The Director of CrossReach, the operating name of the Church’s Social Care Council, said: “These latest drug-related deaths...

Baptists Together has appointed a co-ordinator to help the growing numbers of people from Hong Kong seeking refuge in the UK. The Baptists Together Hong Kong Response Co-ordinator will liaise with church leaders seeking to leave Hong Kong, and will aim to connect them with local Baptist congregations in the UK. The role came about...

Ten people, including an infant, were recently killed overnight as armed Fulani militants continued their attacks on Atyap communities in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Christian-majority southern Kaduna State, Nigeria. Around 84% of the Atyap people are Christians. Two men, aged 70 and 62, died in Magamiya village when gunmen attacked at around 11 pm....

The Church of England’s National Investing Bodies (NIBs) recently updated General Synod on their progress against climate change measures agreed in July 2018. The Church of England Pensions Board, Church Commissioners for England and CCLA, which collectively make up the NIBs, had agreed with Synod: to work with companies in which we are invested to...

Support Safeguarding Sunday  The Queen on York Minster Key role for faith communities The new way of choosing candidates for ordination Are clergy paid enough? Christian Aid launches emergency Global Hunger Appeal Conflict growing in Ethiopia Tearfund draws attention to the misery of Tigray From corporate executive to FGM campaigner Church Commissioners report strong long-term...

York Minster is to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee next year with a statue of the monarch, placed in a niche high on its medieval west front. The figure of the queen will be slightly larger than life, and she will be holding the historic symbols of monarchy: the orb and sceptre. She will be...

The Church of England is supporting this year’s Safeguarding Sunday, on 10th October, by encouraging local churches to use their regular Sunday service to think about what safer places look like. The ecumenical initiative from the specialist safeguarding charity thirtyone:eight provides bespoke resources, including films and animations, prayers, preaching notes, children’s activity sheets, hymns and songs...

Faith communities in the UK have played a critical role in supporting many disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of people during the pandemic. And the Government is going to need their active support if it is to speed up the process of recovery. So says a recent report, Stepping Up and Stepping Out, from the Good...

From this autumn, if you want to go for ordination, you will be assessed against a new framework. The C of E is aiming to broaden the range of people who may have a ministerial vocation in the C of E. No longer will you be evaluated against criteria, but instead you will need to...

Clergy are getting enough money, and their pay will stay at its current level. That is the conclusion of a review of the remuneration package for stipendiary clergy officeholders in parochial ministry. But the review did call for targeted support for a minority of clergy who face hardship. And the review acknowledges that the “pandemic...

Christian Aid has launched an emergency appeal, warning that more than 30 million people in 20 countries are “teetering on the brink of famine”. The Covid health pandemic, climate crisis, and continued conflict has exacerbated hunger and food insecurity in 20 countries. Countries like South Sudan, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria (in the North East) and...

Dr Ann-Marie Wilson, a leading campaigner against Female Genital Mutilation [FGM] and violence against women, has announced the release of her first book that captures her inspiring personal journey from training consultant and corporate executive to women’s refuge volunteer and FGM campaigner. Titled Overcoming: My Fight Against FGM, the book tells the story of how,...