This allowed for clergy pensions to be increased by 6.7 per cent last year, exceeding the standard guaranteed increase laid ...

Iraqi Christians were sometimes asked why they were in the country, as if they were newcomers, Bishop Baines said. The ...

CHURCH leaders in Ukraine have voiced concern at moves by the United States to end the war in their country through bilateral ...

AN £80,000 payout to Tearfund to protect smallholders during a drought in Malawi will help to prevent a hunger crisis, thanks ...

In an extract from his new book, Jesse Zink argues that Christian formation can be hindered by social structures ...

THE behaviour of the House of Bishops had made her “furious”, the Bishop-designate of Aston, Canon Esther Prior, told the General Synod on Thursday, in a condemnation of its lack of consultation over ...

WATER companies that cause environmental degradation attracted criticism in the House of Lords, when the use of fines was debated. The debate, on Thursday of last week, had been called by Baroness ...

WEBSITES and commentaries tell us that windstorms are common on the Sea of Galilee. The surrounding geography apparently creates wind funnels, as air is forced through a narrow space. But Luke is no ...

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A CLERGY colleague was, at one point in his ministry, responsible for three churches. The third church was the smallest — just a few people hanging on at Sunday services — and the parishioners often ...

TWO-THIRDS of church choirs have no members under 18 — a figure that rises to 80 per cent in villages and rural areas, an RSCM survey of church musicians’ fees has found. An ageing singing population ...