Church of England national funding for features such as improved broadband and pooled administrative support have given rural parishes a boost.

COMMENT / The Church of England's Chief Education Officer warns that schools must not be run on the same logic as supermarkets, ahead of a symposium at Lambeth Palace.

COMMENT / The Church of England's Chief Education Officer explains what the Church is doing to address challenges for rural schools.

An outdoor prayer service started under lockdown at an Oxfordshire church has attracted more than 100 people and revived interest in a rural church.

'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.

 

A rural parish has embraced net zero carbon ambitions by installing four air source heat pumps. 

A rural benefice has used YouTube explanatory videos on Christianity filmed in beauty spots to encourage people in their faith during lockdown.

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

Why do churchgoers carry palm crosses? Why will there be processions through towns and cities this Sunday? Why will donkeys be seen in churches and cathedrals this week?

 

Why is Holy Saturday significant? How does the Church commemorate it? What is the Saturday before Easter Day called?