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• News (all) for July 2025

  ‘Chilling reading’ – Bishop Sarah responds to assisted suicide impact  11,000 people in consultations for the next Archbishop of Canterbury A day to remember – Bishop’s VE Day challenge  Churches are facing big cash shortfalls as a result of VAT grants cut Rural areas, low income communities, parish revitalisations & mission funding CofE attendance rises... (3684 words)

• ‘Chilling reading’ – Bishop Sarah responds to assisted suicide impact assessments

  The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, the Church of England’s lead bishop for health and social care, has recently responded to the Government impact assessments on the bill to introduce assisted suicide in England and Wales. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), together with the Ministry of Justice, had published a main assessment... (259 words)

• 11,000 people take part in consultations for the next Archbishop of Canterbury

  More than 11,000 people have so far participated in the consultations for the next Archbishop of Canterbury. It was carried out online, by post and in person between February and March this year. The public consultation was a unique opportunity to influence the future of leadership within the Church, helping to discern the gifts, skills... (138 words)

• A day to remember – Bishop’s VE Day challenge 

   The Bishop to the Armed Forces issued a challenge at the recent national online service for VE Day. Bishop Hugh Nelson said that the act of remembering was far from “a matter of nostalgia,” but instead a living reminder of our duty to one another. Bishop Hugh’s message came during a service recorded in St... (134 words)

• Churches are facing big cash shortfalls as a result of VAT grants cut

  Cuts to the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme are already having a ‘huge impact’ on churches, Second Church Estates Commissioner has warned. More than 200 churches are already facing big cash shortfalls on repair bills, as a result of the £25,000 cap on the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, MPs have heard. A... (570 words)

• Rural areas, lowest income communities and parish revitalisations benefit from mission funding

  A recent report has shown that national strategic funding awards have been making a ‘significant’ difference to the mission of the Church of England. There are now growing levels of investment in the revitalisation of parishes and the most deprived areas of the country. And while of course much remains to be done, there is... (248 words)

• CofE attendance rises for fourth year

  Attendance at C of E churches grew for the fourth year in a row last year. The overall number of regular worshippers across the Church of England’s congregations grew to 1.02 million in 2024, a rise of 1.2 per cent, according to an early snapshot of the annual Statistics for Mission findings. It was the... (404 words)

• CofE Bishops urge Prime Minister to rethink migration rhetoric

  Fifteen Church of England bishops have joined Jewish, Muslim, and other Christian leaders in urging the Prime Minister to reconsider migration rhetoric that they warn risks deepening division and undermining compassion. They have signed a joint letter to the Prime Minister, calling for a more compassionate and respectful tone in the national conversation around migration.... (187 words)

• House of Bishops statement on Gaza

  The House of Bishops, which met recently in York, issued a statement on the situation in Gaza. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” (Matthew 5:9) Recalling our Easter Statement (14th April) following the Government of Israel’s bombing of the Anglican Al Ahli Hospital, we cry out in protest at... (727 words)

• Episcopalians criticise President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful Bill’

  The Episcopal Church (TEC) in America has criticised proposed legislation to introduce major cuts in both tax and spending in the United States, because of its potential impact on “those at the margins of society”. President Trump’s new plans, which he calls a “big, beautiful Bill”, would seek to extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and... (260 words)

• Anglican Communion continues its worldwide church-plant drive

   Anglicans worldwide have been called to fulfil the vision of the Lambeth Call on Mission and Evangelism, with each diocese urged to make a new commitment to planting and revitalising churches. The Call is one of a set of recommendations that were drawn up at the 2023 Lambeth Conference, and which has since continued in... (330 words)

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