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Should your church accept bitcoin? Premier League footballer says: ‘faith helped me through injury.’ Why AI is far from divine… How Tyndale affects what you say – today Walking alongside one another Prisons Week – 11th to 17th October Community trust takes over ownership of Brechin Cathedral Historic church with links to King Robert the...

A church on England’s south coast made headlines, when it recently announced that it was going to accept bitcoin as donations. Claygate Church, based in Bournemouth, Southbourne and Poole, is among the first UK churches to accept the digital currency. In the US, increasing numbers of churches and non-profit organisations have already joined the trend....

A Premier League footballer has revealed how finding faith helped him cope with a series of injuries that kept him off the pitch for periods totalling more than three years. Josh Dasilva, who plays for west London-based Brentford FC, suffered a hip injury in February 2021 that kept him out of the team for a...

I wrote an email to my local councillor – and within three minutes received back a detailed reply summarising my concerns and promising action. A stunningly quick response. I was impressed, and grateful for the speedy reaction. But then a thought came to me. Had this helpful, swift, reply perhaps been written, not by my...

It is 500 years since William Tyndale printed the very first English translation of the New Testament. And hundreds of millions of people today are still quoting him, though they don’t know it. For in 1526 Tyndale invented what would become some of the most famous idioms in the English-speaking world. For instance – “The...

Many of us can look back and recognise people who have helped us in our faith: a parent, a friend, a church leader, or perhaps someone who was simply willing to listen, pray and encourage us at the right moment. The Christian life has never been a path we are expected to travel alone. Throughout...

Prisons Week is an annual initiative dedicated to prayer and raising awareness for those affected by the criminal justice system. This year it runs from Prisons Sunday, 11th October, to Saturday 17th October. It was begun in 1975 by Bishop Victor Guazzelli, an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster. The bishop was...

The Church of Scotland has transferred ownership of 800-year-old Brechin Cathedral in Angus to the Brechin Cathedral Trust, which will ensure that the building “continues to be the beating heart of the community”. The A-listed cathedral has an iconic Irish-style Round Tower, only one of two in Scotland, which was built around 1100 and originally...

The General Trustees of the Church of Scotland have asked Historic Environment Scotland (HES) to consider looking after the Abbey Church of Dunfermline in Fife. The final resting place of the bones of King Robert the Bruce, the 19th-century building is part of Dunfermline Abbey, a globally recognised religious site. HES already cares for the...

Church leaders in Scotland have welcomed an announcement that £1 million will be made available to cover the cost of repairs to listed buildings in Scotland. The Rt Revd Gordon Kennedy, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Bishop John Keenan, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, said the...

Practical help for churches in learning how they can best use AI AI Guidelines for Churches Government consultation on weddings proposes greater flexibility and cheaper options Football ministry programme kicks off Pilgrims step out to mark 800 years since death of St Francis of Assisi New pilgrimage route for Conwy Valley Stewardship reports highest income...

 AI is seeping into church life all over the country. But it is happening without informed conversation about how best to use it, when to avoid it, and where it could lead. With this danger in mind, a new resource has been launched, in order to “help churches of all denominations use AI thoughtfully, faithfully,...