A selection of news and stories from churches across the country on how they are serving their communities.
  1. Rows of tea lights, some lit, some not, on a tea-light candle stand in a church

    A Prayer for Racial Justice Sunday 2021

    11/02/2021

    A prayer ahead of Racial Justice Sunday this week written by Revd Dr Anderson Jeremiah, a member of the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce.

    1 min read
  2. Stephen Lawrence

    A Prayer for Stephen Lawrence Day

    22/04/2023

    A prayer to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence Day.

    2 min read
  3. Focus on several white and blue tea-lights burning on a stand in church

    All Souls' Day amid Covid-19: The value of remembering

    27/10/2020

    For generations the Church of England has been there at this time of year to help people remember those they love but see no longer, whether they have died recently or long ago.

    2 min read
  4. A woman is shown with outreached hands in prayer wearing a facemask in church

    Almost 90 new church communities established in Diocese of London alone

    26/03/2021

    London has seen a wave of new Church of England congregations in the last few years, with everything from a German-language Eucharist service to ‘disco worship’.

    2 min read
  5. Life sized angels, lit up by lights, mark the way into the church

    Angels appear across the country as churches offer message of hope after year of crisis

    17/12/2020

    Angels have been appearing across England as a message of comfort and hope ahead of a Christmas like no other.

    2 min read
  6. Male clergy member painting canvas inside church

    Art and Churches

    26/07/2017

    FEATURE / Listen more about a ChurchCare and arts initiative, Art and Christianity Enquiry and the long-standing tradition of art displays in church buildings

    1 min read
  7. Two priests drink two while smiling at one another

    Baby-loss memorial unveiled in churchyard by clergy couple who lost child

    09/10/2020

    A married couple, who are both priests, and who lost a child, have unveiled a "baby-loss memorial" in a parish churchyard. 

    2 min read
  8. Bath Abbey interior is shown without chairs to highlight what will benefit from new heating

    Bath Abbey uses Roman drains to provide cutting-edge heating for the future

    30/03/2021

    Bath Abbey is using an ancient water way to heat the World Heritage site. 

    2 min read
  9. Children smiling, adults blowing bubbles

    BBC follows Fresh Expressions – listen in

    22/08/2017

    FEATURE / This summer, St Albans Diocese was awarded a £1.75 million grant, as part of the Archbishops’ Council Strategic Development Funding stream.

    2 min read
  10. The Old Royal Naval College chapel in Greenwich is shown with a large painting behind the altar

    Beautiful church attracts hundreds of online worshippers amid pandemic

    17/05/2021

    Hundreds of worshippers have tuned in to participate in services in a beautiful chapel.

    2 min read
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