THE churchwardens of the Grade II listed St Peter’s, Little Budworth, have succeeded in persuading the Consistory Court of the diocese of Chester to grant a faculty permitting the sale by auction of a ...

AN EDUCATION charity set up by a group of British students 40 years ago in Lesotho has enabled more than 1500 students to improve their prospects in life. Rebecca Chandler Wilde, one of the students ...

THE theological response of the Church of England’s Faith and Order Commission (FAOC) to the Nairobi-Cairo Proposals was discussed by the House of Bishops when it met in York from Tuesday to Thursday.

IN THE hill districts of the Indian state of Manipur, church bells were tolled in mourning this week. The killing of three Baptist pastors returning from a peace conference has shaken Christian ...

CATHEDRAL deans are to meet MPs next month to discuss the financial sustainability of cathedrals in light of the Theos report, it was announced at the National Cathedrals Conference on Tuesday. Sir ...

THE failure of a raft of initiatives to stem the decline of the Church of Scotland — proceeding at about 160,000 members per decade — is, in part, the result of clinging to the parish system, a new ...

BOTH the Church’s funding bodies and the Government should ramp up investment in cathedrals, where financial pressures are resulting in commercial bookings that risk “crowding out the sense of ...

CLERGY in Ireland for whom ill health prevents their continuing in ministry will have to apply to the Clergy Permanent Health Insurance policy (Clergy PHI) if they are to receive a stipend and reside ...

THE inspiration for East Meets West, a group that brings together women of different ethnicities and faiths in Lancashire, occurred in a car park. Liz Bagley noticed that, in the wake of the 9/11 ...