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 General Synod has recently given final approval to a comprehensive redress scheme for survivors of Church-related abuse. Designed to address the profound harm caused by Church-related abuse, the new, independently administered scheme will offer not only financial redress but also formal apology, acknowledgment, therapeutic support, and other forms of bespoke redress. The scheme has been...

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In July, General Synod debated the 2026-2028 triennium funding package that was announced in June. The proposals will see £1.6 billion distributed to fund the mission and ministry of the Church during 2026-2028 and will support a major package of measures for clergy well-being and a focus on supporting parishes in the lowest income communities...

Could it be true that a Quiet Revival (as the report is called) is taking place?  Another reasonably large survey commissioned by the Bible Society’s research team suggests it could be. In March 2025 Bible Society repeated a survey they had carried out in 2018, asking 13,000 people if they went to church (It was...

It was: 1,100 years ago, on 4th Sept 925 that England gained her first ever king. He was Aethelstan, King of the Anglo-Saxons (924-927) and then King of England (927-939). Aethelstan was grandson of Alfred the Great, and 30th great-grand uncle to Queen Elizabeth II. 300 years ago, on 29th Sept 1725 that Robert Clive, 1st...

September is the time of year when we get back to our routines after the summer break. As whole-life disciples (lit: learners) we are all called to learn from Jesus and live like Him. God wants us to make a difference in our workplaces and schools, and with family and friends.  As Paul writes: ‘And...

22nd September is the autumnal equinox (if you live in the northern hemisphere) or the vernal (Spring) equinox (if you live in the southern hemisphere). The equinoxes occur in March and September, when the Sun is ‘edgewise’ to the Earth’s axis of rotation, so that everywhere on earth has 12 hours of daylight and 12...

More children and young people are in danger of confusing the normal anxieties of life with a genuine mental health condition. So says the government, and it has issued new guidance to schools to try and correct the trend. The guidance states that pupils should be taught “that worrying and feeling down are normal, can...

It’s amazing how little some things change down the centuries.  Take the life of Gerard Sagredo, for instance.  He left his ‘comfort zone’ of home and church because he felt God’s calling on his life.  He travelled abroad and taught in order to earn his living in a non-Christian country.  In his spare time he...

‘For anyone operating under the naïve presumption that joining a Christian church is a good way to meet all the best people and cultivate smooth social relations, a reading of Paul’s Corinthian correspondence is the prescribed cure’ (Eugene Peterson).  Paul sent four letters to the Corinthian church: one mentioned in 1 Cor.5:9; 1 Corinthians; a...

Thousands of children across the UK are being exploited to move money for criminals.  Some are only 15 years old. So warns the Children’s Society. In a recent report, it has highlighted what is going on behind closed doors. Young people “are being tricked, pressured and groomed into handing over their bank details, receiving transfer...

A major overhaul of the Church of England’s national structures has recently been approved by the General Synod. The National Church Governance Measure, which will bring together separate national church bodies, received final approval in a vote at Synod in York this summer. The Measure, which now requires Parliamentary approval, is the product of a...