More than 7000 people have signed an open letter, co-ordinated by Inclusive Church, imploring the Bishops to “offer leadership and direction that honours the inclusive majority of the Church of ...

THE Racial Justice Board of the Church of England has expressed “deep concern and disquiet” about the Archbishops’ Council’s decision to reduce funding for racial-justice work from £20 million in 2023 ...

I CANNOT imagine why the decision-makers of Europe don’t follow Church Times columnists on Twitter/X. They could learn so much. Earlier this year, after J. D. Vance’s performance at the Munich ...

CORRUPTION of the Christian faith “to exclude others” is “unacceptable”, the bishops of the diocese of Southwark have said, in response to Tommy Robinson’s planned carol service in London this weekend ...

A VICAR in the diocese of Chelmsford has been barred from schoolteaching, and has stepped back from ministry, over his failure to report that a convicted sex offender in his congregation was in danger ...

Isaiah 35.1-10; Psalm 146.1-10; James 5.7-10; Matthew 11.2-11 THIS is not a Gospel for those who like easy answers. One commentator remarks that, among the four Evangelists, “Matthew’s presentation of ...

THE General Synod heard on Friday from an ecumenical guest, the Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Dr Tapio Luoma. In his address, he recalled a visit, 30 years earlier, to St ...

THE Synod’s attempts to discuss mission and ministry were interrupted by an anti-transgender protest on behalf of an imprisoned former Church of Ireland schoolteacher (News 8 April 2023, 22 May 2023).

The Church TimesScotland This is an exciting opportunity for a full-time priest to live and serve in one of the most beautiful areas of Scotland. Our two congregations, St James the Great in Dollar ...

Women in the Church ‘continue to experience micro-aggression’ says Bishop of London ...

THE historian Tom Holland has written about the Roman and Persian empires; he has examined with a sceptical eye the foundational myths of Islam. Now he has turned his attention to our own civilisation ...

LATVIA has become the first European country to confer official national status on a pagan religion, allowing its ministers to officiate at weddings, teach in schools, and serve as army and hospital ...