A Covid-19 recovery grant from the Government has been a catalyst for the renewal of a village church. 

Read a selection of stories from churches across the country on how they are serving communities at this challenging time.

Esther Cole describes how her faith provided her with an inner-confidence.

A church that had just 25 worshippers five years ago has now reached capacity attendance for one of its Sunday services.

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.

Tens of thousands of seafarers are on board ships that dock at UK ports every day. For Sea Sunday, we hear from a lay chaplain working in London ports

“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.