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'Britain in danger of being outflanked by growing Islamic population' says...
Image: Writing on the Christian Today website, he said that politicians are either ignorant of the nature of Islam, or frightened of being labelled racist for speaking out about it. He said:...
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Sporting bishop will help get C of E churches match fit for evangelism
Image: The Bishop of Sherwood, Rt Rev Tony Porter, who once played hockey for England Schoolboys and went on to win an Oxford blue, will work to strengthen links between the Church of England and sport...
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Bishops back Church of England breakaway congregations
Image: They likened the emergence of the new grouping to the ministry of John Wesley in the 18th Century which led to the creation of a separate Methodist Church.They also condemned the recent use of a...
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Church growth: Bishop Broadbent rounds on the critics of Reform and Renewal
Image: A ROBUST defence of the Archbishops' programme Reform and Renewal was delivered at a gathering of Evangelicals last week, addressing critics who have questioned everything from its theology to...
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Dean of Westminster defends inclusion of Muslim prayer in Abbey service
Image: The service, held every year since 1954 and almost every year since 1916, is done with the Australian High Commission and New Zealand High Commission and this year marked the centenary of the...
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Appointment of Prebendary Rod Thomas as the Bishop of Maidstone
Image: Prebendary Rod Thomas has served on the Executive Committee of AMiE since 2012. He was a delegate at the Global Anglican Futures Conference (GAFCON) in 2013 at which the Primates of the Global...
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Justin Welby: The most common feature of Anglicanism is persecution
Image: Over the last few weeks he received emails from an archbishop pleading for support as his churches were shelled and the paths to them mined -- by violent Buddhist radicals.Two weeks before that...
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Welby: let's stop pretending all religions agree
Image: But he warned that the pretence that mainstream religions agree on everything is simply "dishonest" and risks leaving them impotent to halt the spread of extremism.His comments came in address...
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Bishop of Maidstone: 300 CofE congregations oppose women bishops
Image: "I was asked to estimate how many people would be likely to share my theological convictions on the issue of women in ministry, and I said it could be any number and I was just going to have to...
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Church of England investment bonanza boosts expansion
Image: Total return investments in 2014 was 14.4 per cent, exceeding the target of RPI + 5 per cent. The fund has grown from £2.4 billion at the start of 1995 to £6.7 billion at the end of...
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Church of England to consider transgender naming ceremony
Image: The motion, which was passed by Blackburn Diocese last month, calls on the House of Bishops to consider whether it should introduce a new service to mark the milestone in the life of a trans...
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What difference will women bishops make? Quite a lot, it seems...
Image: The Pagan Federation and the Druid Network have recently become fully-fledged members of Britain's religious establishment, having been voted into the Inter Faith Network UK as a body...
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UK: Vicar Criticized for refusing to baptize son of unmarried parents
Image: He added: "Marriage is part of God's way. Historically, it's always been the decision of the church. 'Baptism is a massive deal. We have lost the meaning of what baptism is all about. When it...
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C of E crisis as it loses 1.7m followers - and Islam gains 900,000
Image: The Church of England has suffered a dramatic slump in its followers, shocking new figures show.Between 2012 and 2014, the proportion of Britons identifying themselves as C of E or Anglican...
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UK: Our Mother who art in heaven: Group of Church women want to refer to God...
Image: One of the supporters of the idea, the Rev Emma Percy, chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford, said the dominance of male language makes women feel that they are less holy.The chaplain, who is also...
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UK: Dame Mullally to Be a Bishop
Image: When Mullaly became the government's Chief Nursing Officer for England in 1999, she was the youngest person appointed to this post. She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2005 in...
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Reports of Anglican decline 'have been greatly exaggerated'
Image: "Confirmation suggests an ownership of a specific denominational identity, which is simply not part of the deal for most people. I would suggest that even most people of my generation, and...
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2067: The end of British Christianity
Image: Our cathedral buildings will survive, but they won't be true cathedrals because they will have no bishops. The Church of England is declining faster than other denominations; if it carries on...
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Archbishop of Canterbury 'passed the buck over gay priest's wedding'
Image: The bishop replied: "To paraphrase the TV programme [House of Cards], you may say that, but I couldn't possibly comment." Inwood was speaking at an employment tribunal for Canon Jeremy...
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YORK: John Sentamu calls for harmony as Church of England rows over sexuality...
Image: Some are calling on Bishop of Buckingham Alan Wilson to resign after he defended the gay marriage of Rev Jeremy Pemberton. They are also threatening to switch allegiance from the Church of...
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