MEMORIES of seeing small numbers of people come to faith gradually, while serving on outer estates, were shared by the new Bishop of Ely, the Rt Revd Sarah Clark, this week. “Sometimes growth came but ...

THE Archbishop of Canterbury offered her prayers to the family of a train driver who died following a train crash near Bedford on Friday afternoon. The crash, which killed a driver, Shaun Burton, aged ...

THERE is a moment, every time a major football tournament comes around, when I feel two things at once: excitement and unease. I love the game. I hope that England wins. But, as the St George’s flags ...

Long-term readers of the Church Times will be familiar with our annual Lent appeal for the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund. For the past 73 years, our readers have been giving generously — to ...

HALF-TERM holiday visitors to Salisbury Cathedral Close stop dead in their tracks as a solo rendition of “Abide with me” emanates from one of the statues in front of the 13th-century singing gallery.

A FEW years back, I attended a theological workshop organised by a department of the Church of England. The theme was mission, Church, and Kingdom. In the usual way, we spent portions of the day in ...

THERE has always been ambivalence about the ministry of deacons. At their first appearance in the Bible, they are shown to serve two distinct ministries. In Acts 6:2-4, their task was to administer ...

A NEW town in Cambridgeshire is awaiting the outcome of a bid to build a faith-based community hub designed to bring together faith, education, well-being, and community life. Northstowe is hailed as ...

This week’s selection: an anthology on the mystics of the early church of the East; a handbook to communion; and a selection of Edith Stein’s writings “This comprehensive anthology brings together a ...

TO REACH your 100th birthday is a milestone worthy of celebration — even more so when you are in robust health and looking forward to your next century. To give a sense of perspective, the Church of ...

A cross on its own doesn’t mean anything. It’s only how we live our lives in a way that reflects the values of the cross that makes them truly Christian and breathes life into them Guli ...

Have a go at our next caption competition (click on image to see full picture). Send entries by email only to captioncompetition@churchtimes.co.uk by 9 a.m., Monday 29 June We invite readers’ ideas ...