THE Archbishop of York became the latest Church of England bishop to meet and pray with the family of Layan Nasir on Sunday, the young Anglican who is enduring a third spell in an Israeli jail (News, ...

JUST before Judas meets the high priests and scribes (Luke 22.3), Jesus addresses disciples under pressure. Into a situation of terror (arrest, persecution, betrayal ...

A “CONSIDERABLE number” of jobs at Church Army are at risk, in an extensive restructuring that could result in the closure of significant projects, the charity’s board says. The board’s statement says ...

UNDER the current emissions path, Brazil, which is hosting COP30, will face a 33.1 per cent GDP growth-hit from climate change by 2100, a new study suggests. The report Brazil Burning: The economic ...

Giving Thanks: Rediscovering the heart of gratitude by Philip Plyming (Canterbury Press, £13.99 (Church Times SPECIAL OFFER price £11.19); 978-1-78622-643-3). “For the first time in generations, young ...

IN THE wake of reports of summary executions, mass killings, rapes, and abductions in their country, the Bishops of the Episcopal Church of Sudan have issued a statement condemning the other countries ...

MORE than half of UK teenagers feel that the build up to Christmas is overwhelming and find the festive season “too much”, according to a new poll released last Tuesday by the Children’s Society. Two ...

The Church Times26 Vessel filled with silver is connected to mass lack of faith? (8) ...

SURVIVORS of abuse in the Jesus Fellowship/Jesus Army — described by its trustees as “widespread and systemic” — were the focus of a new BBC documentary on the sect, broadcast on Sunday evening. Among ...

LAST MONTH, I went to the UnHerd Club, in central London, to be told that we can expect at least 23,000 deaths a year in the coming conflict between groups based in the Islamist cities and those whose ...

DESPITE polling heralded as revealing a “quiet revival”, the Church of England is — by almost every measure and in almost every diocese — smaller than it was in 2018, this year’s Statistics for ...

AN ANGLICAN priest who established a breakaway church in Cardiff was inadequately prepared for his responsibilities in the Church in Wales, having being appointed to lead a city-centre resource church ...