churches

August 10, 2018

Church leaders ask Home Secretary for end to hostile environment

Twenty Church leaders have called for an end to the hostile environment in an open letter to the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid MP.
August 8, 2018

Churches in Zimbabwe advocate against violence

Churches in Zimbabwe have spoken up against the shooting of unarmed protesters after the elections.
August 5, 2018

WCC and local churches express deep concern about Jewish Nation-State Law

Heads of churches in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories have reacted with dismay and concern to the Israeli Knesset’s adoption on 19 July 2018 of a new Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People.
August 4, 2018

More than 5,500 UK churches convert to renewable energy

More than 5,500 churches have put their faith in clean energy, with church leaders encouraging more to follow suit.
July 15, 2018

Church of England funds £27 million growth programme

New Christian communities in areas including the Kent coast, housing estates in Plymouth and market towns in Cambridgeshire are to be set up by the Church of England as part of its Renewal and Reform programme.
June 19, 2018

New report finds non-religious discriminated against by state faith schools

A new report gives detailed analysis of the admissions policies of every state faith secondary school in England.
June 7, 2018

WCC promotes Global Day of Prayer to End Famine

The World Council of Churches (WCC), World Evangelical Alliance and All Africa Conference of Churches, along with church-related humanitarian organisations and a coalition of church-related networks and organisations and partners, are promoting 10 June as the second annual Global Day of Prayer to End Famine.
May 20, 2018

Guernsey votes against legalising assisted dying

The States of Guernsey Assembly has voted against proposals to grant legal recognition to assisted dying.
May 14, 2018

WCC condemns terror attacks on churches in Indonesia

Three churches have been attacked by suicide bombers in East Java, Indonesia.
May 7, 2018

WCC and partners plan Global Day of Prayer to End Famine

The World Council of Churches, World Evangelical Alliance and All Africa Conference of Churches, along with church-related humanitarian organisations and a coalition of church-related networks, organisations and partners, are planning 10 June 2018 as a second Global Day of Prayer to End Famine.