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C of E film places God’s love at the heart of Christmas
A NEW four-minute film has been released to support the Church of England’s “At The Heart of Christmas” campaign. Individuals, families, and small groups talk about the importance of  and its preparation. They include the Patelia family, in West L...

Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘innocent pawn’ in UK-Iran power struggle, says Bishop of Chelmsford
NAZANIN ZAGHARI-RATCLIFFE and other dual-nationals detained in Iran are “embroiled in a great injustice not of their own making, in the face of which they are utterly powerless”, the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, has said. Speakin...

3rd Sunday of Advent
WHEN it was first proclaimed, the message of Isaiah addressed the immediate future for God’s people, specifically God’s removing his adverse judgment upon them. This was not because they deserved it. It was a sovereign act of divine will. Judgment...

Monthly churchgoing suits worshippers post-Covid
CHURCH attendance has fallen by a third since before the pandemic. Many regular worshippers have been attending only monthly since in-person services resumed this summer, a new study suggests. For its report Changing Church, the Evangelical Allian...

Put aside politics to deal with migrant crisis, say church leaders
NO EFFECTIVE solutions will be found to the migrant crisis unless states, religious groups, and civil society come together in a spirit of pragmatism and compassion, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland’s Genera...

It’s time to end domestic violence, says Mothers’ Union
DOMESTIC violence and abuse are common to all communities, including church communities, and only worldwide awareness of this can lead to action to protect vulnerable people, the Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, has said. The Bish...