11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (536+ words) The Most Reverend Dr Laurent Mbanda, Chairman of the Gafcon Primates Council, has called on all “orthodox” bishops within the Anglican Communion to join a meeting in Abuja, Nigeria in early March next year. Gafcon is a global alliance of…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (560+ words) Canon Maggie Swinson, the Church of England's Independent Reviewer, has recommended extra support for two bishops who provide extended episcopal oversight to parishes with a conservative stance on the ordination of women. The report revealed that the provision of episcopal…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (474+ words) Grenfell has been the Church of England’s Lead Safeguarding Bishop for three years and in February was heavily involved in a range of new safeguarding measures passed by the Church at its synod. At the time Grenfell said the new…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (521+ words) The story goes back to the time of Pope Gregory the Great in the AD 590s. Pope Gregory worked to spread Christianity beyond the borders of the Roman Empire. He sent missionaries to pagan Gaul, Lombard Italy, Spain, and North Africa....

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (524+ words) Critics have suggested that former Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is at least partly responsible for the latest schism within Anglicanism, following a breakaway move by Gafcon, the traditionalist Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans. Last week Gafcon announced that it…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (736+ words) Anglican Mainstream, a conservative-leaning organisation, has said that churches and cathedrals should be used for Christian worship only in response to some hosting Islamic events. There has been some debate over the issue during Ramadan in light of past iftars…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (472+ words) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, has said that she is praying for the families of those affected by the current Meningitis B outbreak in Kent, especially for the families of those who have died. A 21-year-old university student and…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (906+ words) In 2024, the Church recorded 1.009 million regular worshippers, a rise of 0.6 per cent on the previous year and the second year in a row since the pandemic that overall figures have surpassed a million. Data from the annual Statistics for Mission…...

9+ mon, 23+ hour ago   (608+ words) The organisers say it will include Bible readings and reflections led by priests, pastors, ministers, and a bishop, as well as live music and worship, a gospel band and opera singers, and personal testimonies from Christians about their faith journeys....

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (621+ words) To those evangelicals who signed the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ letter: Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am deeply concerned that some of you as evangelical leaders have decided to sign an open letter condemning the use of Christian symbols in the…...