The horrendous attack on a mother and her children by Abdul Ezedi, an Afghan asylum seeker, in Clapham earlier this... more

It’s not just British denominations which are splintering under the weight of their divisions. The United Methodist Church in the... more

It’s not just a toddler group. Emphasis on the ‘just’. That’s the title and message of a new report which... more

It is not just the Church of England and the Catholic Church which has been wrestling with divisions over same-sex... more

Ecumenism. Even the word itself is probably putting some of you off right now. A tiresome bit of churchy jargon... more

Many of England’s biggest football clubs – today some of the country’s largest entertainment businesses – were originally started by... more

Just before Christmas, the Catholic Church surprisingly announced priests could offer pastoral blessings to same-sex couples for the first time.... more

Almost nobody has heard of Sir Paul Marshall until a few weeks ago. But, thanks to his Twitter account, the... more

After the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, the Church of England embarked on... more

A Christian gospel singer was approached by the police while busking in central London. In a video of the conversation,... more

Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the government of Iran has sought to tightly control its small Christian minority and... more

The story which dominated the UK church world last year was undoubtedly the revelations about Mike Pilavachi and Soul Survivor.... more

Christians spend an awful lot of time thinking about how and why people join the church. But we rarely consider... more

Abuse scandals. Famous deaths. A lot of reports. And a even more arguing about same-sex relationships. 2023 was a busy... more

Ever since October 7th, the world has been transfixed with horror at the violence and war unfolding in Israel and... more

In France, Emmanuel Macron has launched a new fund to raise hundreds of millions of euros to pay for the... more

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the famous atheist and scourge of Islam, has suddenly announced she has now become a Christian. Many... more

It’s not only the Church of England that has been having big synods recently. Throughout October, hundreds of bishops and... more

Last week was a momentous one in the long-running civil war over same-sex relationships in the Church of England. Just... more

How to handle 31 October and the spooky festivities it prompts across society is a topic which has divided the... more

The increasingly dictatorial government of President Daniel Ortega has turned its oppressive gaze onto the Catholic Church in Nicaragua in... more

Europe is often described as the world’s first post-Christian continent. In what was the cradle of Christendom, a tidal wave... more

17 October marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Eight years ago the UN set itself the ambitious... more

“Martyrs are more numerous in our time than in the first centuries: they are bishops, priests, consecrated men and women,... more

Mostly, we can only guess what clergy in the Church of England think about any number of hot button issues,... more

Christian pilgrims have been visiting Jerusalem and the Holy Land for centuries, trying to walk in the footsteps of Jesus.... more

Immigration is never far from the headlines these days. Whether it’s the government’s highly controversial plan to deport asylum-seekers to... more

‘Prohibiting people from worship and communal religious exercise is profoundly illiberal and illegitimate.’ Those are the words of the former... more

Men have dressed up as women for thousands of years, but as you’ve probably noticed, drag is having a particular... more

It’s pretty well known that most churches in Britain are largely filled with white faces. Clearly there are hundreds of... more

At a recent Protestant convention in Germany an entire church service – liturgy, prayers, psalms, and sermon – was written... more

Financial institutions are guilty of discriminating against Christians. That’s the claim of Anglican vicar Richard Fothergill and charity exec Mike... more

The work of keeping children and vulnerable adults safe from harm and abuse in church has never been a more... more

The recent Asbury Revival prompted huge excitement among many British charismatics and Pentecostals. But it has also prompted some uncomfortable... more

Recently, the Church of England announced that its multi-billion pound funds would no longer invest in any fossil fuel companies.... more

Joshua Sutcliffe, it seems, cannot stop getting into trouble. The Christian teacher has been fired twice from schools and also... more

Seventy-five years ago this week, the HMT Empire Windrush docked in the UK, bringing 800 migrants from Caribbean nations to... more

Graphic lessons on oral sex, how to choke your partner safely, and the existence of 72 different genders. According to... more

Churches have been holding baptisms, weddings and funerals for the people of Britain for well over 1,500 years. But in... more

Last month, the Rwandan capital of Kigali was the unlikely host of a gathering which will shape the future of... more