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Tea-drinkers in the UK are being asked to help change the “woefully inadequate” wages and working conditions of the estate workers on tea plantations around the world. The Fairtrade Foundation’s new ‘Brew It Fair’ campaign is based on the findings of a report which sets out just how many workers on tea plantations live in...

A major step in a significant package of proposals for clergy well-being has been announced, which if implemented will increase future pension benefits for existing and future pensioners. The improvements include restoring the target pension level to two-thirds of pensionable stipend, coupled with an increase to pensions that have come into payment since 2011. General...

Bananas are in danger. Almost half of the world’s banana-growing regions may be lost to climate change in the next 50 years, a new report has warned. Bananas are the world’s fourth most important food crop globally — but rising temperatures, droughts, and fungal infections are threatening where most of the world’s crops grow, in...

A statement following the death of Pope Francis Eight crimes a day are committed against UK churches Open Farm Sunday – 17th June France: great for a holiday, but is it a mission field? Persecution of the Church today? Fourth Most Dangerous Country in the World for Christians An invitation from Africa Inland Mission Ordination...

The Archbishop of York has issued a statement following the news of the death of Pope Francis today. Here are excerpts from that statement: “‘Let us walk together, work together, pray together.’ These are the words Pope Francis said to me when we met in 2023. They sum up his vision for the church, both...

On average, at least eight crimes a day have been committed against churches in the UK, over the past three years (2022 to 2024). So reports the Countryside Alliance, giving the findings of its latest campaign. When the Countryside Alliance made Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to the UK’s 45 territorial police forces, it found...

Do you have any farms near to where you live?  Then this month, they might just provide you with an interesting day out! For June brings Open Farm Sunday, which can be a “fab­u­lous oppor­tu­ni­ty for the public to dis­cov­er the cru­cial work farm­ers do in pro­duc­ing food, nur­tur­ing nature, and pro­tect­ing the envi­ron­ment for...

France is the world’s #1 tourist destination. Which is understandable, when you think about the country’s wonderful weather, fantastic cuisine, gloriously varied landscapes, and rich cultural heritage. But have you ever thought about France as a mission field? Author Pete Greig, founder of the 24/7 prayer movement, describes Europe as “arguably the greatest mission field...

In the first of a series of articles, Kenneth Harrod, Head of Theology and Media at Release International, the voice of persecuted Christians, reminds us of the realities of persecution today. We’ve all read the biblical story of Stephen, the first martyr in the New Testament. We’ve probably heard that Christians in the early centuries...

After North Korea, Somalia, and Yemen, where in the world is it most dangerous to be a Christian? The World Watch List puts Libya in fourth place. Libya has a population of nearly 7.5 million people. Of those, 35,500 are Christians (0.5%).  The official religion of Libya is Islam, and its government is currently in...

Did you know there are those who will never have the chance to meet a Christian? Malika is one of them. She rarely has a proper meal, or the chance to go to school. Life is hard. She knows what her parents expect of her. She knows the rules that they’ve told her come from...

Every summer the C of E ordains its new deacons and priests. The services are traditionally held during Petertide (29th June), a feast day that remembers the martyrdom of Saint Peter. He was the fisherman who became a devoted disciple of Jesus, and who then went on to be an instrumental figure in the early...