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- “We are not divided but we disagree, and that is very painful. And I will use again the words close to those I used to the Bishops gathered at the Lambeth Conference on a very similar debate. “For some, to question the inherited teaching damages witness and is sinful: you point out that in many provinces across...General Synod: Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent speech in ‘Living in Love and Faith’ debate
- The Church of England’s Social Impact Investment Programme has recently made a £1.1m investment in Charity Bank, and will take a 3.6% stake in the bank. Charity Bank uses savers’ money to provide much-needed loans to UK charities and social enterprises working to drive positive social change – bringing benefits for people, communities, and the...Church of England’s Social Impact Investment Programme to invest £1.1m in Charity Bank
- New safeguarding data from a three-year period has recently been published by the Church of England. The data is for new concerns reported to the Church in 2019, 2020 and 2021, and relates to all its work. The reports range from concerns about possible risk to direct allegations of abuse. Over the three-year period, the...Safeguarding diocesan data 2019-21
- The Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice has released the second of its biannual Racial Justice reports. Mandated to drive ‘significant cultural and structural change on issues of racial justice within the Church of England’, the Archbishops’ Commission’s job is to support the implementation of the 47 recommendations of the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce Lord Boateng has...Archbishops’ Commission on Racial Justice releases Second Biannual Report
- Church House Westminster, which hosts some meetings of the General Synod together with some of the National Church Institutions, has been awarded an Eco Church Bronze Award for steps taken to help achieve net zero carbon. The Eco Church Award, given by A Rocha UK, a Christian environmental charity, is given to churches and other...Church House Westminster achieves Bronze Eco-Award
- Bishops propose prayers of God’s blessing for same-sex couples C of E’s links to historic transatlantic slavery on display at Lambeth Palace Transform Care through a National Care Covenant, says Archbishops’ Commission Church Website Provider has saved the UK Church £2.15million Traidcraft goes into administration Millions of children starving worldwide ** Editor: Please encourage your...News (all stories) for March 2023
- Heavenly Father, We look on with desperation at the events unfolding in Turkey and Syria and turn our faces towards you, our sovereign Lord. Your profound and powerful love brings hope, even in the midst of the most devastating circumstances. While we feel distant and helpless, we know that you are present and able to...Prayer for the earthquake victims
- Devastating earthquakes have recently killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria. Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed. Survivors are facing freezing conditions and need urgent aid. As we go to press, more than 24,000 people have been killed, and 17 million have been affected. They urgently need shelter, food and medical aid, or they...Give to the DEC Turkey-Syria Appeal 2023
- The Church of England’s General Synod has welcomed proposals which would enable same-sex couples to come to church after a civil marriage or civil partnership to give thanks, dedicate their relationship to God and receive God’s blessing. Synod members also voted to “lament and repent” of the failure of the Church to welcome LGBTQI+ people...Prayers for God’s blessing for same-sex couples take step forward after Synod debate
- Enslavement: Voices from the Archives, was recently opened to the public at Lambeth Palace Library, in central London, and will run until 31st March 2023. Items in the exhibition are from the library’s archives, which were studied in detail for research by the Church Commissioners for England into links to historic transatlantic chattel slavery. The...C of E’s links to historic transatlantic slavery on display at Lambeth Palace
- – into historic links to transatlantic chattel slavery and announces new funding commitment of £100m in response to findings Back in June 2022 it was reported that the Church Commissioners’ endowment had historic links to transatlantic chattel slavery. The endowment traces its origins partly to Queen Anne’s Bounty, a fund established in 1704. In response to...Church Commissioners publishes full report
- The Archbishops’ Commission on Reimaging Care has proposed “a radical and inspiring vision” for adult social care in England. ‘Care and Support Reimagined: a National Care Covenant for England’ calls for a rethinking of attitudes to care and support; a rebalancing of roles and responsibilities; and redesigning the social care system. The National Care Covenant...Transform Care through a National Care Covenant, says Archbishops’ Commission