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An independent network for people training for ordained ministry in the Church of England who are from minority ethnic backgrounds has been launched. The UKME (UK Minority Ethnic) Ordinands and Curates group hopes to meet every three months to provide a voice and support for a growing number of UKME ordinands and curates. The group...

A new report has highlighted the hugely positive economic and social impact England’s cathedrals have on their cities. In 2019, England’s 42 Anglican cathedrals contributed £235m to their local economies. They provided 6,065 jobs, full time equivalent jobs and volunteering posts for 15,400 people who gave 906,000 hours of their time. They welcomed more than...

A national network of Church of England clergy of Chinese heritage that grew out of a Whatsapp support group during the pandemic has been launched. The Teahouse, made up of clergy and ordinands from across the country, was founded by the Revd Mark Nam, a curate at St Anne’s church in Oldland and United Church...

The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, the former Archbishop of York, will be the next Chair of the board of international development agency Christian Aid. Dr Sentamu – who has been outspoken on issues of poverty and justice in the UK and globally for many years – served as the Archbishop of...

A church in North Yorkshire has been trying to convince eager tourists that the vampire’s grave is NOT in their churchyard. Recently the church leaders at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Whitby, even put up a poster in the entrance door which reads: “Please do not ask staff where Dracula’s grave is as...

The Methodist Church in Britain and All We Can have launched a joint appeal in response to the powerful earthquake that recently struck Haiti’s Southern Peninsula. More than 2,000 people were crushed to death in the terrible quake.  Thousands more are destitute, their homes destroyed. “As the Methodist Church in Britain and All We Can...

Editor:  As we are now well into summer, there is not the usual amount of News available. But we have done our best for you! Be careful with Covid, urges Bishop of London Growing number of attacks on Christians in India New First Church Estates Commissioner More drug deaths in Scotland Baptists to help incomers...

The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, has encouraged churches and individuals to continue to take precautions to protect the vulnerable from Covid-19. “Many will welcome the possibilities now before us. However, this is a difficult point in the course of the pandemic. Despite vaccination rates, cases are up, hospital admissions are up and long covid...

Release International is calling on India to intervene to prevent the growing attacks against Christians accused of fraudulently converting Hindus. In the latest attack, a Hindu mob set about a 23-year-old Christian woman with bamboo clubs and steel rods, threatening to kill her for sharing her faith with a Hindu. Attacks against Christians are rising...

Alan Smith, Senior Advisor – ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Risk and Inclusion, and former Global Head of Risk Strategy at HSBC, is to be the next First Church Estates Commissioner. Alan has also been a Church Commissioner since 2018. The First Church Estates Commissioner chairs the Church Commissioners’ Assets Committee, a statutory committee responsible...

The Church of Scotland has expressed sadness after recent new figures revealed that 1,339 people died of drug-related deaths in 2020. The rate is a 5% increase on the previous year and is the highest on record. The Director of CrossReach, the operating name of the Church’s Social Care Council, said: “These latest drug-related deaths...

Baptists Together has appointed a co-ordinator to help the growing numbers of people from Hong Kong seeking refuge in the UK. The Baptists Together Hong Kong Response Co-ordinator will liaise with church leaders seeking to leave Hong Kong, and will aim to connect them with local Baptist congregations in the UK. The role came about...