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Changes have been announced making it easier for parishes to apply for funding to support fabric repairs. The Church of England, working with the Wolfson Foundation and the National Churches Trust (NCT), has announced that during 2020 administration of the Wolfson Foundation funds for fabric repairs of churches will move from the Cathedral & Church...

Following the recent change in the law to extend civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples, the House of Bishops has agreed a pastoral statement.  It is as follows: In December 2005 the Civil Partnership Act came into force. For the first time it created a new institution that was not marriage, enabling two people of the...

At the recent meeting in Davos, the Church of England’s three National Investing Bodies (NIBS) representing over £12 billion in assets under management, joined the United Nations-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance. Now 18-strong, the new membership has collective assets under management of over US$4.3 trillion. The Alliance has finalised its objectives for 2020. It will...

Grants to provide opportunities to learn about cutting-edge science for people training for the priesthood in the Church of England are to be made available as part of a £3.4 million project aimed at transforming the relationship between science and faith. Theological colleges and courses will be encouraged to bid for funds to help integrate...

The Bishop of St Albans, Dr Alan Smith, has set out to change the law on inquests to help reveal the full extent of the link between gambling and suicide for the first time. Bishop Alan, who has played a leading role in a series of high-profile efforts to limit gambling-related harms, wants coroners to...

The Bishop of St Albans, Dr Alan Smith, has welcomed an announcement from the Gambling Commission that consumers will no longer be able to use credit cards to gamble from April 2020. “This marks a significant step in progressive policy-making, reducing the risks to gamblers,” he said.  For too long people have been vulnerable through...

Church-based, actively Christian groups have teamed up to create a new network of Christian heritage tour operators. The network includes operators of tours, exhibitions and resources in London, Norwich, Oxford, Cambridge, Harwich/Essex, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Lincolnshire-Nottinghamshire.  It is at: www.christianheritagenetwork.org.uk

Church of England Christmas advert got 170,000 views in just 48 hours An Open Letter to the Prime Minister Psalm 23 Garden coming to RHS Chelsea New research findings published on clergy flourishing Church of England appoints National Environment Officer ** Church of England Christmas advert got 170,000 views in just 48 hours The Church...

The Church of England’s Christmas Advert for 2019 was viewed more than 170,000 times in the two days following its launch, with viewers tuning in via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. In the first 48 hours, the advert received over 110,000 views on Facebook, and a further 60,000 on Twitter, entirely through organic sharing by...

The President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference have written to the new Prime Minister, assuring him of their prayers and asking for clarification on key issues including climate change, poverty and social cohesion.  The letter says:  We wish to congratulate you on being given the responsibility by the British electorate to form a government,...

The Bible Society has announced that “We’re absolutely thrilled to be working with award-winning garden designer Sarah Eberle, to bring Psalm 23 to life at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May 2020!” The Psalm 23 Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2020, designed by Sarah Eberle, will offer visitors the chance “to stop, reflect,...

A new set of findings from a 10-year study into the well-being and flourishing of ordained ministers in the Church of England has been recently published. The Living Ministry programme tracks the progress of groups of clergy ordained in 2006, 2011 and 2015 and women and men who entered training for ordination in 2016, seeking to...