Press releases from January 1^st 2020 - December 31^st 2020.

We’ve collated a list of trends we think you should be exploring over the next 12 months as you plan how you’ll be using social media and websites as a part of your church’s mission.

The Church Commissioners for England today reiterated support for the climate-related shareholder resolution, filed against the board of ExxonMobil, and calls on Exxon not to block the resolution going to a vote in 2020. 

NEWS / The General Synod today gave final approval to a package of proposals intended to take further the process of making the Church a safer place for children and vulnerable adults - both by making the disciplinary processes under the Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 more effective where safeguarding issues arise and by strengthening the Church's wider legal framework in relation to safeguarding in various ways.

The House of Bishops met for a scheduled two-day meeting on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 December 2020 via Zoom.

Nearly 600 people were recommended for training for ordained ministry in the Church of England last year, including the highest number for a generation of candidates expected to take up paid clergy posts.

An Interim Minister, initially supported by Strategic Development Funding in Chelmsford diocese’s Turnaround Project and latterly by Capacity Funding, has built up a network of about 150 people across 32 dioceses involved in interim ministry. 

NEWS / Ministry Statistics for 2012, published today by the Research and Statistics Division of the Archbishops' Council, show a change in patterns of ministry over the past 10 years with numbers remaining largely constant.

A meeting of the House of Bishops took place today, Tuesday 29 September 2020 via Zoom.

Our annual reports for our conservation grants programme, which supports parishes in the conservation of ecclesiastical furnishings and artworks of historical and artistic significance