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Parents describe their family’s decision to get baptised and confirmed after finding a home in their local church.
The pandemic forced the community at Trelawny Benefice to worship outside – a move that has since developed into a fully-fledged outdoor ministry, complete with pet services, farmyard nativities and folk concerts.
“I spent many, many, years not knowing that God loves me,” Rev Kerry Jane Evans describes her journey to ordination.
A former airline pilot who saw the ‘face of Christ’ in the people he met after landing in some of the poorest areas of the world has been ordained a deacon.
Figures from a recent nature survey show that bumblebees, ladybirds and aphids are in the top five invertebrates found in churchyards and burial grounds across England and Wales.
Jade Walker describes the sense of love, support and joy she felt attending a friend's baptism.
Dioceses are celebrating Windrush75 this week with bishops from the Church in the Province of the West Indies.
Saplings are symbols of new life and a deep-rooted faith, writes Bishop Graham Usher on his Confirmation-meets-God's creation initiative.
A parish in north-west London is worshipping in its church after a three-year exile through a combination of the Covid-19 pandemic and building troubles.
Dr Anna Dixon MBE, chair of the Commission, reflects on the launch of the Reimagining Care report and sets out its ongoing work.