What does Good Friday commemorate? What happens in churches and cathedrals on Good Friday? Where does the name originate?

FEATURE / The Church of England’s digital communications team has trained more than 200 parishes in social media and writing for the web.

A resource to help local churches do some theological thinking around safeguarding has been published today by the Faith and Order Commission (FAOC), in response to a request by the lead bishop for safeguarding, the Rt Rev Paul Butler.

The Archbishop of Canterbury will call for “a resurrection of our common life,” during his Easter Sunday sermon.

Safe Spaces is planned as a vital support service for survivors of church-related abuse across the Church of England and the Catholic Church in England and Wales.

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

A local church is to broadcast a carol service directly into cells across prisons in the UK to bring hope over the Christmas period. 

The Church of England has launched a new Vision for Higher Education, calling for a humane education, inspired by the key values of wisdom, community, virtue and the common good. 

 

FEATURE / The Church of England has more than doubled its monthly reach on social media this year, from 1.2 million in 2017 to 2.44 million in 2017/2018.

FEATURE / We’re delighted that LentPilgim and EasterPilgrim had an overall reach of 6.9 million through the national Church’s social media accounts, the app, email and Alexa.