Churches offering services from the Book of Common Prayer are seeing unprecedented engagement with hundreds choosing to ‘tune in’ to more traditional offerings. 

Churches of all denominations in the North East are working to find ways to build new homes amid concern over a shortage of affordable rented accommodation in the region.

A Church of England primary school has substantially reduced carbon emissions by installing a heat pump below its playing field.

A piece of land provided by a church has kickstarted the building of more than 40 affordable homes in an area where many local people are priced out of the housing market.

Revd Dr Rebecca Aechtner, from the Diocese of Blackburn, writes about living with Long Covid after contracting the virus in March last year.

The new Lambeth Palace Library has welcomed new books on the environment following a donation. 

A parish in the heart of Canterbury has celebrated the success of an Evensong service whose congregation has  jumped from just one person to more than 70. 

A rural parish has won an environmental award for its longstanding commitment to a rare flock of sheep, who roam freely in its churchyard. 

'Our hope is that others will catch this vision and be willing to share our mission – to provide homes and build communities where people love to live'

Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, the Church of England's Bishop for Housing, looks back on a year since the publication of Coming Home, the report of the Archbishops' Commission on Housing Church and Community.

 

FEATURE / Chief Education Officer discusses the Church of England's response to draft guidance on Relationship and Sex Education.