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Three years after the Russian Revolution of 1917, a great anti-God rally was arranged in Kiev. The powerful orator Bukharin was sent from Moscow, and for an hour he demolished the Christian faith with argument, abuse and ridicule. At the end there was silence. Then a man rose and asked to speak. He was a...

The new Archbishop of Canterbury’s first Presidential Address National drive to welcome Hong Kong Christians in churches is launched Church choirs receive £400,000 boost for programme   C of E welcomes Government’s Schools White Paper announcements ‘Still a ‘long way’ to go on working class vocations,’ Synod hears Synod approves motion confirming LLF programme Millions face...

The following list of witnesses may help you put all those references in order…. Mary Magdalene – Mark 16:9-11; John 20:10-18 Other women at the tomb – Matthew 28:8-10 Peter in Jerusalem – Luke 24:34; 1 Corinthians 15:5 The two travellers on the road – Mark 16:12,13 10 disciples behind closed doors – Mark 16:14; Luke 24:36-43; John...

 These are some highlights from the first Presidential Address by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, at the February 2026 General Synod group of sessions. I stand here among you by no means for the first time, but for the first time as the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is a humbling privilege to be called...

How do you make sense of the Resurrection? Dead men don’t rise, so why believe that this particular dead man did rise? At the end of St Luke’s gospel we read that: “they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement” (Luke 24.4). This is highly significant. The Gospels do not show us a...

A new body to support the rapid growth of Hong Kong Christians in C of E parishes has been set up. Hong Kongers in the Church of England includes representatives from the C of E’s Racial Justice Unit, the Diocese of Oxford and the Teahouse group of Chinese heritage clergy. A Hong Kong Communities Enabler, Katie Woo, has also been...

 The Christian teaching about who crucified Christ is not that the Romans or the Jews or whatever people happened to be there did, but that you and I did, and that all human societies without exception are involved in the crucifixion of Christ.  – Northrop Frye They crucified Him with the criminals.  Which is more...

Resurrection Resurrection Prayer That Day Easter Dawn Blessed is the one Poor Thomas – between Sundays The way Amazing My New Car   ** Resurrection (John 20:1-18) Even in the darkness Still she went, Stumbling, longing for light, Finding a stone-moved emptiness. Then her running And the running and out-running of the men, The believing...

Standing up to tyrants, no matter what the cost. That kind of courage has been in the headlines since the war in Ukraine began, as many brave people have defied Putin’s oppression. Dietrich Bonhoeffer did not have Putin to contend with, but Hitler. Bonhoeffer did not back down either, when the time came. Bonhoeffer grew...

More than 200 church choirs aimed at children and young people are to be launched in a new programme. ‘The Choir Project’, working in partnership with the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM), will engage children and young people with their local church choirs amid renewed interest in sacred church music. The launch comes as...

William Law is the saint for anyone forced to choose between losing their job or losing their integrity. It had all begun so straightforwardly. Born in King’s Cliffe, Northamptonshire in 1686, William had studied at Emmanuel College Cambridge, been ordained a deacon, and been made a Fellow of the college in 1711. But soon politics...

– the more things change… Zeno of Verona (d. 371) should be the patron saint of all ministers who suspect that the more things change, the more they remain the same. For instance: ethnic diversity…church-planting… teaching…. concern for the poor… women’s ministry in the church… sound like modern-day Christian concerns? Not a bit of it...