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WEB2 days ago · Podcast: Diarmaid MacCulloch on Lower Than the Angels: A history of sex and Christianity. 20 Sep 2024. The Church Times is known for informed and independent reporting of Church and world news. Each issue includes wide-ranging features and interviews, Bible commentary, lively debate on current …
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WEBSep 27, 2024 · Christians Against Poverty poll calls for increase in welfare payments to cover food and bills. 20 Sep 2024.
Marsha de Cordova appointed Second Church Estates Commissioner
WEB1 day ago · by Madeleine Davies. 07 October 2024. THE new Second Church Estates Commissioner is Marsha de Cordova MP, who succeeds Andrew Selous, it was announced on Monday. Ms de Cordova, the Labour MP for Battersea since 2017, is the second woman to hold the post (the first was Caroline Spelman, from 2015 to …
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WEB4 days ago · Female clergy in Australian diocese feel unsupported and betrayed, says report. THE number of female clergy in the diocese of Canberra and Goulburn has declined sharply since women were first ordained there 30 years ago, a report presented to a recent meeting of the diocesan synod says
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WEBOct 1, 2024 · Read the latest world news from a Church Times perspective, covering topics such as religion, politics, culture, and human rights.
Calls to appoint religious-freedom envoy soon - The Church Times
WEB4 days ago · CAMPAIGNERS have voiced concern that no religious-freedom envoy has been announced in time to represent the UK at an international conference of government ministers, religious leaders, and civil-society figures on 10 October.. Furthermore, the Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, said that the continued lack of a Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or ...
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WEBAug 9, 2024 · Podcast: Canon Victoria Johnson and Hugh Morris on the value of church music. 19 Jan 2024. The Church Times Podcast features analysis of UK and world church news, plus interviews with authors, Christians in politics, clerics, and commentators on faith, culture, the arts, theology, and more. Published every Friday.
National Churches Trust draws up blueprint to show how to save …
WEBJan 25, 2024 · THE future of church buildings is the single biggest heritage challenge facing the UK, and a national plan is urgently needed, the National Churches Trust (NCT) says.. The support charity launched its latest campaign, Every Church Counts, at a reception in the House of Lords, on Wednesday.The latest figures show that 3500 churches closed in the past ten years, and more than 900 buildings are ...
Coronavirus (Covid-19) - The Church Times
WEBJul 12, 2024 · No churchwardens and vacant PCC posts: an investigation into the church volunteering crisis. 15 Mar 2024. Daily news updates on the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic from the Church Times, guidance for churches, and useful resources.
Opinion: How cathedrals can point to the life of faith - The Church …
WEBOct 20, 2023 · WORSHIPPING at a sensitively sung choral evensong in a cathedral can become a spiritual moment never to be forgotten. Sitting quietly at the back of a long nave and gazing into the distance, as the sun pours through the east window, can trigger a life-changing meditation. Dwelling on an inscription on …