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The Government plans to introduce a new system of registration for marriages, including church weddings, in England and Wales. It is anticipated that the new system will replace traditional marriage registers with a new ‘marriage document’ to be signed by the couple at the wedding and lodged with the local register office. Although no date...

The Rectory St James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren Our Lord said that we will always have some poor with us; were He to have been speaking to the clergy that day, I suspect He may well have said that we will always have some awkward parishioners with us. My cross at...

In the coming months, Spring Harvest is holding evenings of Spring Harvest Local, which are events described as ‘heartfelt worship, inspiring teaching and an opportunity to pray for the empowering of the Holy Spirit at venues around the UK.’ The theme will pick up on the Spring Harvest 2020 theme, ‘Unleashed: The Acts Church Today,’...

Five-a-side football, running groups, after-school sports and a boxing club are to be supported by the Church of England as part of a drive to reach people who may never have been to church before, it was announced today. Football, netball and fitness groups are to be funded by the Church of England in Norfolk...

God’s Spies – the Stasi’s Cold War espionage campaign inside the Church More #Niteblessings – Further Meditations for the End of the Day Joseph’s Dreamcoat and other stories By Way of the Heart – the Season of Faith Forgiveness – a practical and pastoral companion Psalm for My Day – a Child’s Praise Devotional First...

The Bible Society is hard at work in Algeria, even though some of its staff could be arrested and imprisoned at any time. But they are willing to take the risk, in order to support the besieged church there, which is begging for as many as 50 Bibles every week.  As a Bible Society spokesman...

More than 200 people including women and children have been abducted and a church mission hospital and shops looted by Islamist extremists during a raid on Boga, Democratic Republic of Congo, a majority-Christian country. The Bishop of Boga Diocese, eastern Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo, Rt Rev. William Bahemuka, said the Muslim militant group ADF (Allied...

By Elisabeth Braw, Lion Hudson, £8.99 When the Berlin Wall came down, the files of the East German secret police, the much-dreaded Stasi, were opened and read. And among the shocking stories revealed was that of the Stasi’s infiltration of the Church. Almost 10% of the Lutheran Church’s workforce were, it appears, busy involved in...

By Malcolm Duncan, Lion Hudson, £9.99 This follow-up to Revd Malcolm Duncan’s hugely popular #Niteblessings invites you to encounter God at the end of the day. Each blessing draws you closer into His presence, releasing you from the pressures of the day into engagement with the Holy Spirit. Simple yet profound, moving and insightful, each...

Refugees and asylum seekers in Malta have a new place where they can get much needed advice, help with immigration paperwork, internet access and – most importantly – thoughtful hospitality. The Peace Lab information centre, which CMS mission partners Doug and Jacqui Marshall have recently established in cooperation with a local Franciscan friar, is situated...

By Juliet David and Elina Ellis, Lion Children, £4.99 Perfect for young children, here are read and share stories about Joseph and other favourite people from the Bible. From the popular 99 Stories from the Bible, each lively narrative is simply told across a double page spread with bold, engaging illustrations that bring the story...

By Mark Oakley, Canterbury Press, £12.99 These fifty reflections traverse the landscape of the Christian year, with its oases of celebration, its desert stretches of emptiness, its days of abundance and seasons of lament, and its affirmation of the ordinary and the everyday. For all who wish to understand their own story in the light...