THE synod (majma) of the Episcopal diocese of Jerusalem, which gathered in Amman last week, said on Sunday that its communities were facing “an existential crisis” that demanded the urgent attention ...

Education: Is AI a threat or an opportunity for young people? Artificial intelligence is an increasing given in education. Huw Spanner consults on the advantages and challenges for today’s students ...

Advent is a season that demands our attention, calling to us in imperatives: watch, wait, prepare, listen! The old words “hark” and “hearken” found in our Advent hymns refer to a particular quality of ...

THE Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Revd Stephen Conway, has resigned, Church House, Westminster, announced on Monday, after his suspension from ministry in February. The see will become vacant on 1 October ...

Proper 21: Ezekiel 18.1-4,25-32; Psalm 25.1-8; Philippians 2.1-13; Matthew 21.23-32 THE first part of this Gospel is a confrontation. The second part is a parable reflecting on the meaning of that ...

LAMBETH PALACE said on Thursday that it had withdrawn an interfaith award given to a Muslim cleric by the Archbishop of Canterbury last week (News,18 September). Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi ...

Five years ago, the Revd Marcus Walker co-founded the Save the Parish campaign. The Revd Dr Stephen Cherry, former parish priest, cathedral canon, and college dean, sat down recently with Fr Walker in ...

IT IS 60 years since Jackie Pullinger first arrived in Hong Kong. A middle-class English girl who decided in childhood to be a missionary, she boarded a “slow boat to China” in 1966, then in her early ...

The Church Times 10 Second half of note at the start to inform me when we all sit down (7) ...

AFTER a period of what they describe as “positive but yet frank interaction”, the Bench of Bishops will not be introducing, in April 2027, a Bill permitting same-sex couples to marry in church, as ...

LINE management in the Church of England must be fixed if the growing number of children’s, youth, and families workers being recruited are to flourish, a researcher has said. Ali Campbell, the ...

Save the date - details coming soon: The Festival of Faith and Literature returns next year in Winchester. Friday 26th February - Sunday 28th February 2027.