We have become ‘a different sort of church’ in ways we couldn’t have imagined several weeks ago. While worship in our churches is suspended, our joy in the resurrection is not to be silenced.

A selection of news and stories from churches across the country on how they are serving their communities.

Churchwarden Paul Stokes speaks about the crucial role of volunteers in his village church

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

Since the government announced that public worship in churches could restart after more than three months of lockdown, churches have been taking innovative steps to help keep their congregations as safe as possible:

A once-closed church on a housing estate is now a centre of worship and community life, with more than 100 people gathering each Sunday—just four years after it reopened.

FEATURE / On Saturday afternoon, around and during the England football match (!), the Digital and Church House Publishing teams updated General Synod on how we’re supporting local churches and encouraging people into worshipping communities.

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.

Up to 250 households visit ‘food clubs’ each week opened at Church of England parishes in Wigan, providing low cost fresh and tinned goods to members.

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.