The Rt Revd Bob Evens writes: JOHN MAYBURY grew up within the story of God’s love made visible by those who loved him. He was born in the Solomon Islands, one of four sons of medical-missionary ...

WHEN asked about the possibility of divorce, Jesus says that husband and wife are no longer two, but one flesh. It is a striking image, which then comes with a warning: “What therefore God hath joined ...

THE Bishop of Guildford, the Rt Revd Andrew Watson, has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer, he announced in a letter to his diocese on Tuesday. Stomach pain, an aversion to eating and consequent ...

Exodus 24.12-end; Psalm 2 (or 99); 2 Peter 1.16-21; Matthew 17.1-9 ON THE Sunday before Lent, Christians prepare for abstinence by means of a vision of light. Only Matthew and Mark describe it in ...

A COMPOSER, arranger, and conductor, Andrew Carter proved to be one of the most significant figures in English contemporary sacred music. He first attracted worldwide attention when paraphrasing the ...

THE national director of the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC), the Revd John Dunnett, has resigned as an honorary canon of Chelmsford Cathedral over the decision to use prayers of blessing ...

This week’s selection: a collection of pieces from Sojourners Magazine; a history of early and medieval Christianity; and an exploration of C. S. Lewis’s Christian faith “Light for the Way is a ...

MARKING the quincentenary of the Reformation in 2017, St Paul’s Cathedral put on display one of three known surviving copies of William Tyndale’s English New Testament, billed as “the most dangerous ...

Advertising in the Church Times means your message will be seen by thousands of faithful readers who are engaged and proactive in the daily life of the Church. The paper has a weekly distribution of ...

A NEW commission on interfaith relations was launched last week, with a remit to identify and defuse potential areas of conflicts. The Area Bishop of Willesden, in London diocese, the Rt Revd Lusa ...

ALLEGATIONS of abuse or “harmful behaviour” spanning three decades at St Andrew’s, Chorleywood, the Charismatic Evangelical church that launched New Wine and Soul Survivor, have prompted the diocese ...