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Church Times Review of the Year 2024
5 days ago · A WAVE of Russian missile strikes on Ukraine marked the start of 2024, killing and injuring hundreds. The strikes were condemned by Ukrainian religious leaders. The Revd Paula Vennells, the Anglican priest who was chief executive of the Post Office during the Horizon IT scandal, said that she would ...
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5 days ago · Extend listed-churches grant scheme, bishop urges. THE Bishop of Dudley, the Rt Revd Martin Gorick, who is the Acting Bishop of Worcester, has added his voice to calls for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme to be extended past the current deadline of March 2025.Under the terms of the scheme, established in 2001, VAT on eligible repairs or …
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6 days ago · Ukrainian Primate urges Christmas unity. THE Primate of Ukraine’s independent Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Epiphany (Dumenko), has asked St Nicholas to save his country and reunite its divided Orthodox inhabitants, as the Pope joined other church leaders in calls for a Christmas ceasefire in the three-year war
Synod to vote in February on future of church safeguarding
Dec 16, 2024 · ALL safeguarding teams, including diocesan and national staff, could transfer to an external nationwide organisation if General Synod members vote in favour of such a model in February, a new paper presented to the House of Bishops earlier this month confirms.. The Emerging proposals paper was produced by the Response Group created to respond to both …
Church is facing ‘existential crisis’ over safeguarding, says Bishop …
Dec 10, 2024 · THE Church of England is facing “one of the biggest existential crises . . . since the Reformation”, in the wake of the Makin Review into abuse perpetrated by John Smyth, the Bishop of Rochester, Dr Jonathan Gibbs, said on Tuesday.. Speaking after voting in favour of a diocesan synod motion that expressed no confidence in the Archbishops’ Council’s oversight …
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Dec 10, 2024 · Bishops reject calls for Archbishop of York to resign over handling of Tudor case. THERE are questions to answer about the safeguarding processes and decisions that meant that David Tudor was able to remain in ministry until 2019 — but the Archbishop of York’s resignation would not be the solution, bishops have said
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Apr 5, 2024 · Bishop of Warrington ‘away from diocese’ THE Suffragan Bishop of Warrington, in the diocese of Liverpool, the Rt Revd Beverley Mason, is currently “away from the diocese”, clergy were informed at last week’s chrism eucharist.A statement was read out, which said that “with the permission of the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of Liverpool”, Bishop Mason “remains …
New churches are dropping the word ‘church’, report finds
Aug 13, 2024 · DIOCESES have jettisoned the use of the word “church” in describing the “new things” being established in their parishes, raising questions about what theology is being applied in the Church of England, an independent report says.. New Things: A theological investigation into the work of starting new churches across 11 dioceses in the Church of England reports …
If a church closes, one fifth of the congregation won’t look for ...
Aug 21, 2024 · CHURCH closures can lead to a fall in overall church attendance, because worshippers are unwilling or unable to attend a different church, a new poll suggests.. The poll was commissioned by the National Churches Trust to draw attention to an increased rate of church closures in the UK. More than 3500 churches have closed in the past decade, the …