Church of England safeguarding inquiries go to the top
The Church of England has admitted that there are about 30 separate safeguarding inquiries under way into senior clergy including the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
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Ministry to resilient hill farming communities during lockdown
Churches in the north west countryside describe how they served remote hill farming communities scattered over vast areas of land during the coronavirus lockdown.
How do we achieve social cohesion? Start with a little trust
A report on social cohesion suggests faith has been seen as a problem and potentially disruptive, but faith organisations play a central role in welfare provision and can play a key part in helping communities bond.
Faith leaders tackle Covid19 in vulnerable communities
Blackburn with Darwen has the highest rate of Covid-19 cases in England, confirming the risk of the virus to south Asian communities.
God, Kanye West and his $50 ‘Jesus walks’ socks
Andrew Brown looks at the crossover between entertainment and religion in Kanye West’s presidential announcement and, indeed, in his life.
Church Commissioners spend £24m to ‘create 50,000 disciples’
Andrew Brown reviews the Church of England’s announcement is to spend £24m that it hopes will produce 50,000 new churchgoers
London, the City that Prays Together
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Losing the Liberty to Discriminate
Andrew Brown reviews the US Supreme Court decision to ban employment discrimination against LGBT people, dismaying the Christian right, as […]
Faith and Covid-19 – Analysis
Comment by Andrew Brown on the headline conclusions from the Office of National Statistics study of the role that faith has played in the death toll of the pandemic.
The new Puritans: being ‘woke’ isn’t new — it’s pure 1662
Although we’re supposed to be living in a post-religious West, the woke movement is about as thoroughly Christian as any […]