For the first time, under historic plans outlined today, same-sex couples will be able to come to church to give thanks for their civil marriage or civil partnership and receive God’s blessing.

Call for a period of prayer leading up to the Coronation as book of Daily Prayers is shared

Latest worshipping and visitor data collected from England’s 42 cathedrals and Westminster Abbey during 2021 published

The Church of England’s Social Impact Investment Programme has made a £1.1m investment in Charity Bank and will take a 3.6% stake in the bank.

The Church of England is providing £5.6 million in funding for additional clergy posts across the country from rural areas to inner cities. 

Parishes across England and Wales can now register to participate in Churches Count on Nature, an annual scheme where people visit churchyards and record the plant and animal species they encounter. 

Prayers asking for God’s blessing on same-sex couples as they give thanks for their civil marriage or civil partnership published

Read the text of the Archbishop’s Loyal Address to His Majesty The King, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, on the occasion of his Accession to the Throne.  

Bishop Sarah Mullally addresses the General Synod with a presentation on Living in Love and Faith

Read the text of Archbishop Justin Welby's Presidential address to General Synod.