3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1163+ words) Year after year, we hear that the UK is getting warmer. This summer alone brought successive heatwaves and a prolonged dry spell, while the forecast for autumn is wet. Moments like these have a way of reminding us of something…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1309+ words) Churches are making a significant but often overlooked contribution to essential community services across England, according to a new report. The Heart of the Neighbourhood report, published by Gather Movement, identified 12,840 instances of regular community provision among 1,632 churches and Christian…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (554+ words) This is the opening thought in the Haftorah reading for the last Shabbat in the month of Elul, before Rosh Hashanah, which takes place on the 1st of Tishri. It appears in Isaiah 55:6-56:8, the final Haftorah of Comfort. It is believed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (554+ words) Most Protestant churches in the US are growing, according to new data compiled by Lifeway Research. In a survey of Protestant pastors in the US, sponsored by the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, 54 per cent reported growth of at least…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (514+ words) Historical author, Charles Spencer, has warned that Britain’s historic churches are increasingly under threat due to the financial burden of maintaining them. Writing for The Financial Times Spencer noted that in 2025 the Church of England alone needed over a billion…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1070+ words) The latest findings from the American Bible Society’s ‘State of the Bible USA 2026,’ which focuses on church health, suggest a mixed picture of the Church in the United States, with relatively strong levels of satisfaction among churchgoers contrasting with continued…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (354+ words) Members of the Canadian Armed Forces have been informed that they should not mention God during public spiritual reflections. A new set of instructions for military personnel, issued at the end of July, essentially treats military chaplains not as spiritual…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1077+ words) Sean Theunissen, elder and operations lead at Claygate Church, based in Bournemouth, Southbourne and Poole, emphasised: “Bitcoin is not the gospel 2.0 – the church will never move away from its central message.” Bitcoin, explains the Cambridge Dictionary, is “a brand name…...