churches

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.
May 4, 2018

Lutheran World Federation calls for robust implementation of Paris Climate agreement

The Lutheran World Federation has issued a statement calling governments to work towards “an ambitious rulebook” for the implementation of the Paris Climate agreement, and to churches and civil society actors to hold their governments accountable towards that goal.
April 30, 2018

Role of churches in Columbia’s peace process raised at Global Christian Forum gathering

A leader in Colombia’s administration in Bogota at the third Global Gathering of the Global Christian Forum (GCF) has praised the Christian community and religious groups for the role they have paid in the South American country’s peace process.
April 19, 2018

Church Action for Tax Justice challenges government inactivity on reforms

Christian leaders have united in the House of Lords to challenge government inactivity on tax justice reforms and to demand immediate tough action.
April 14, 2018

Campaigners to launch new church-wide movement for tax justice

Lords Rowan Williams and Richard Harries will next week help launch a new campaign for a fairer tax system: Church Action for Tax Justice (CAT).