Anglicans worldwide and all Christians are being invited to observe Advent in a fun and prayerful way through a global online Advent Calendar called AdventWord. The season of Advent, from November 29 to December 24, is when Christians observe a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus at Christmas.
02 November 2015
The suffragan bishop in Europe, the Rt Revd Dr David Hamid, has joined other bishops and church leaders from a number of denominations in calling for safe passage to those seeking refuge.
30 October 2015
Communiqué from the Church Leaders' Consultation on the European Refugee Crisis, organised by the World Council of Churches, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria and the Evangelical Church in Germany, meeting in Kardinal-Wendel-Haus, Munich on 29 October 2015.
30 October 2015
The Archbishop of Canterbury will host His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during his visit to London next week. It will be the second meeting between the two leaders, who first met in Istanbul last year, and in June this year made a joint call for action on climate change.
29 October 2015
An independent report on the first five years of the CMS Pioneer Mission Leadership Training course has revealed a big success story.
28 October 2015
The plight of refugees and the global issue of migration is the focus of a Lent study course produced by the Anglican mission agency United Society (Us)
28 October 2015
Singing helps people to form new friendships and relationships faster than other forms of social engagement; according to research from Oxford University’s department for experimental psychology, which suggests that religious groups benefit from corporate singing during services.
28 October 2015
Two Anglican churches in Egypt and Israel are celebrating after completing renovations.
27 October 2015
The first woman to sit as a bishop in Britain’s parliament has taken her seat. Bishops have played a formal part in Britain’s parliament since before the origins of democracy in the country. Initially as advisors to the Monarch, Anglican bishops now occupy 26 seats in the upper house of Parliament, the House of Lords.
26 October 2015
Christianity in Africa has benefited from sustained exponential growth, with numbers growing from about 10 million in 1900 to just over half a billion in 2015;
26 October 2015