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Plans to encourage the Church of England’s one million regular worshippers to be more confident in spreading the Christian message in their everyday lives were given the backing of the General Synod in February. Members of the General Synod welcomed the Church of England’s campaign Motivating the Million, which is aimed at helping congregations in...

The General Synod of the Church of England has given its overwhelming backing to a drive for a church to be set up on every significant social housing estate in the country, as part of a programme of Renewal and Reform. All dioceses will now be asked to include evangelism on social housing estates in...

The Church of England’s General Synod has overwhelmingly called for action with regard to the future of youth evangelism in England, descrithe current situation in churches as ‘shocking’. Canon Mark Russell, Chief Executive of the Church Army, revealed that 36% of Anglican congregations have no one under the age of 16. Meanwhile only 6% of...

Church of England leaders have called for long-term steps to improve resilience among children and young people, as well as those working in schools, as the Government announced a new five-fold plan for character education. Speaking at the recent Church of England’s National Education Conference, The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, said: “What students will...

The Church Commissioners for England and a leading coalition of investors participating in Climate Action 100+ have welcomed a position statement issued by Glencore significantly strengthening its commitment to combat climate change. In a first for the mining industry, Glencore has agreed to align its business and investments with the goals of the Paris Agreement,...

Join the Big Pancake Party on Shrove Tuesday 5th March The Flipping Marvellous Pancake Party is back! Get your Lent and Eastertide resources BBC to run a ‘Year of Beliefs’ Bishop responds to climate concerns raised by World Economic Forum Bishop welcomes Universal Credit announcement Church of England invests £35 million in new Christian communities...

Did you know that about one in eight British adults worry about not being able to afford enough food? Recent research carried out on behalf of the Church Urban Fund has found that food poverty is a growing issue, with more families using food banks and children going hungry during summer holidays without their free...

Last year was such a huge success that we’ve decided to do it all again! Thanks to so many of you who got cracking in the kitchen and served up a treat for your guests, we raised over £20,000 to help those imprisoned by the devastating effects of poverty and debt. This year we have whipped up some...

The Church of England has produced the Lent Pilgrim and Easter Pilgrim reflections series, both written by the Bishop of Oxford, Dr Steven Croft.   They are available at www.churchofengland.org/lent

The BBC is going to ‘shine a light’ on faith and spiritual values in Britain today by running a year of programmes dedicated to religion and ethics. The move comes a year after the BBC promised to ‘raise our game’ in the way that it treated religion.  That promise followed a year-long review of its...

The Bishop of Dudley, Graham Usher, has described a risk report, recently published by the World Economic Forum as ‘significant,’ warning that those in the world’s most deprived areas will be affected most severely by Climate Change. Bishop Graham said: “It is significant that the threats posed by climate change have been recognised by the...

Following comments by the Work and Pensions Secretary, Amber Rudd, on changes to Universal Credit, the Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, who speaks for the Church of England on issues relating to children and young people, said: “As a just and compassionate society, we believe that every child is a blessing and deserves to be...