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The Radio 4 programme Something Understood will not be made after April 2019, despite recent pledges from the BBC that it would protect its religious broadcasting. No new series will be commissioned, but instead the programme’s slot will be filled with repeats from the series.   Something Understood explores spiritual and ethical topics through reflection, music...

More than 40 people were recently killed in a militia attack on a Christian mission station in Alindao, around 180 miles east of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui. The attackers torched a church and forced 20,000 displaced persons who were sheltering in an adjacent compound to flee. A local politician told journalists, ‘We have counted 42...

If you want to enjoy art with your Bible reading, then visit the stunning new £2-million Bible-and-art website, ‘The Visual Commentary on the Bible’ (https://thevcs.org/) which was launched late last year. ‘The Visual Commentary on the Bible’ matches three works of art with passages of Scripture.  Each triptych has been chosen by a theologian or...

A £2 maximum stake for fixed-odds betting terminals will be brought into place by April 2019.  The Government made this U-turn following a growing rebellion of MPs from across the House of Commons late last year.  Originally the reduction was to be delayed until October.  The Culture Secretary, Jeremy Wright, made the concession in November,...

With the NHS Digital recently reporting that one in eight children aged five – 19 had at least one mental disorder last year, there have been suggestions on social media and elsewhere that young people today are just not ‘robust enough’ to deal with life. Such an accusation has been strenuously rejected by the Bishop...

A new social media campaign has been launched for Spring Harvest 2019, which celebrates its 40th year this year. #WhenYouPray invited a number of friends and key leaders to record their thoughts on prayer in a series of short one-minute videos. Questions asked range from ‘when should I pray?’, to ‘Does God answer your prayers?’ The videos...

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#Christingle50 campaign Bishop calls for UK ‘net zero’ commitment as climate change report published First non-British head for Mothers Union How a mouse got into the Nativity Help someone break the chains of debt Church children’s groups are ‘failing through lack of prayer’ Netflix and Narnia After the tsunami Evangelists ‘believing for the nation to be...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Children’s Society bringing Christingle to this country with a service held in Lincoln Cathedral in 1968. To celebrate this landmark anniversary, the Children’s Society is running its #Christingle50 campaign, which aims to support vulnerable young people through raising funds at Christingle events and a collaboration with The...

The Church of England’s lead bishop on the environment has welcomed indications from the UK Government that it will review long-term targets for climate change in line with a report recently published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Bishop Nicholas Holtam, Bishop of Salisbury, said: ‘The Government’s decision to ask the Committee on...

A South American woman has made history as the MU’s first non-British Worldwide President.  Sheran Harper from Guyana is the new Worldwide President of the 142 year old movement’s four million members in 84 countries.  She takes over in January 2019 from Lynne Tembey. Born in the United Kingdom, Harper grew up in Guyana.  After...

If you are looking for something different for your children this Christmas, you could try a new film from Bible Society called ‘The Mystery of the New Noisy Neighbour’.  It places a mouse detective at the heart of the action – in the stable at Bethlehem, where he slowly discovers who Jesus really is… Emmanuel, Rescuer and...