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2 days ago · Church Commissioners invest £4 million in community housing fund. THE Church Commissioners have invested £4 million in a community housing fund that is aimed at building 1000 homes, of which 90 per cent will be “affordable”
Archbishop of York acknowledges scale of task to restore trust in …
3 days ago · THE question whether clergy should become employees could be asked this year, the Archbishop of York has said, on his first day holding the primatial functions of the Archbishop of Canterbury.. In an “Epiphany letter” sent on Monday to all clergy, lay ministers, and congregations in the Church of England, Archbishop Cottrell writes first of the need to “become a safer and more ...
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Bishop of Warrington ‘away from diocese’ THE Suffragan Bishop of Warrington, in the diocese of Liverpool, the Rt Revd Beverley Mason, is currently “away from the diocese”, clergy were informed at last week’s chrism eucharist.A statement was read out, which said that “with the permission of the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of …
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Archbishop of York acknowledges scale of task to restore trust in the Church, post Makin. THE question whether clergy should become employees could be asked this year, the Archbishop of York has said, on his first day holding the primatial functions of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Rise in religiously aggravated hate crime ‘needs action’ says bishop
Oct 18, 2024 · THE Bishop of St Albans, Dr Alan Smith, has called for a national strategy to address the rise in religiously aggravated hate crime, after Home Office statistics published last week showed an increase of 25 per cent in the past year.. In the House of Lords on Tuesday, Dr Smith asked what action the Government was taking against religious hate crime and to “strengthen community cohesion”.
New churches are dropping the word ‘church’, report finds
Aug 13, 2024 · DIOCESES have jettisoned the use of the word “church” in describing the “new things” being established in their parishes, raising questions about what theology is being applied in the Church of England, an independent report says.. New Things: A theological investigation into the work of starting new churches across 11 dioceses in the Church of England reports that, in the past ten ...
Remember persecuted Christians, churches told - The Church Times
Oct 17, 2024 · A NEW set of resources on responding to religious persecution has been published on the Church of England website.. The pages include information, prayers, and reports on freedom of religion or belief, and links to international anti-persecution charities and campaigns.. These have been collated in response to a motion carried by the General Synod, in July, which called for a day of prayer and ...
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Jun 16, 2017 · Lord Harries’s British-values Bill progresses unamended. A BILL to extend the “British values” taught in schools to freedom of religion and respect for the environment, proposed by the former Bishop of Oxford Lord Harries, will now move to its Third Reading in the House of Lords, after no amendments were tabled.In the introduction to the Second Reading of his Education (Values of British ...