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Fertilisation and embryology services at risk: CofE responds to Department of Health consultation

Fertilisation and embryology services at risk: CofE responds to Department of Health consultation

Proposals to absorb the services of two specialist health watchdogs into the Care Quality Commission to save half a million pounds per year have been criticised by the Mission and Public Affairs (MPA) Council.

11 October 2012

Archbishop of York: "A Jubilee must tackle injustice everywhere"

Archbishop of York: "A Jubilee must tackle injustice everywhere"

The Archbishop of York today spoke in The Guardian [newspaper] about tackling injustice through the principle of 'jubilee'.

09 October 2012

More teal vicar? Colourful clergy show off new robes on catwalk

More teal vicar? Colourful clergy show off new robes on catwalk

It may shock traditionalists but vicars have taken to the catwalk to model the latest fashions in clergy robes.

09 October 2012

Unique church agreement signed

Unique church agreement signed

 A groundbreaking partnership between two religious denominations has been inaugurated in North Yorkshire.

08 October 2012

Church Mission Society commissions new leader

Church Mission Society commissions new leader

The commissioning service for the Rev Canon Philip Mounstephen, the new Executive Leader of the Church Mission Society, takes place at St Aldate’s church, Oxford on Saturday 13 October at 1.30pm.

05 October 2012

Church Growth Research website launched to help explore the drivers of church growth

Church Growth Research website launched to help explore the drivers of church growth

All are invited to visit and interact with a new website built to support the work of the Church Growth Research Programme - the national 18-month academic research project exploring the factors related to spiritual and in particular numerical church growth of the Church of England.

02 October 2012

Archbishop of Canterbury has helped Church of England remain relevant in Modern Britain

Archbishop of Canterbury has helped Church of England remain relevant in Modern Britain

BBC Local radio has today [26.09.12] released results of a survey that helps establish how people view the Archbishop of Canterbury’s nine year tenure.

26 September 2012

Bishop of Manchester issues prayer following deaths of constables Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes

Bishop of Manchester issues prayer following deaths of constables Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes

The Bishop of Manchester, the Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch, has issued a prayer following the deaths of constables Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, which will be used by many churches across Greater Manchester and nationally.

21 September 2012

School of Theology launches exchange program with Westcott House

School of Theology launches exchange program with Westcott House

[Sewanee] The School of Theology, the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, has entered into a partnership with Westcott House, Cambridge, U.K.

20 September 2012

Women Bishops: Draft Legislation

Women Bishops: Draft Legislation

The House of Bishops has today by an overwhelming majority settled the text of the legislation to enable women to become bishops in the Church of England. 

13 September 2012