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Nearly 100,000 children affected by benefit sanctions in 2013/14

Nearly 100,000 children affected by benefit sanctions in 2013/14

A new report from a coalition of major UK Churches has revealed that around 100,000 children were affected by benefit sanctions in 2013/14. 

02 March 2015

Anglican Communion Office bids farewell to its Communications Director

The Anglican Communion Office’s Director for Communications has announced he is leaving after five years in post.

27 February 2015

Book explains Bible's impact on everyday language

Everyone knows that pride comes before a fall, and that you’ll be at your wits’ end if you see that there is no rest for the wicked  but few people realise that these phrases first appear in the King James Bible.

24 February 2015

Religious violence "a defining issue of our generation"

[WCC] Canon David Porter told the WCC that religiously sanctified violence is a global challenge, and not just an issue of the Arab world. 

19 February 2015

From Fiji to Alaska - Eco bishops head for SA

Anglican bishops from some of the regions of the world most challenged by climate change – from Fiji to Argentina, and Namibia to Alaska – are to meet in Cape Town next week to work out strategies for achieving climate justice.

19 February 2015

WCC congratulates Carlos Emilio Ham on appointment as head of Cuban seminary

The Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal churches founded the Evangelical Seminary in 1946

17 February 2015

Partnership for Publishing New Voices: Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Church Mission Society and Durham University have become partners in creating an innovative seven year post: Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion.

16 February 2015

Church Responses to Human Trafficking

A joint newsletter looks at how churches can partner each other and with other agencies to prevent human trafficking

16 February 2015

Archbishop Welby responds to murders in Denmark, Libya and Nigeria

"We must all weep with those affected, and know that in the love of Christ all evil will be overcome."

16 February 2015

Worldwide Anglicans gather to speak out on sexual and gender based violence

Anglicans gathered with other faith leaders in London this week to discuss how we can work collaboratively to end sexual violence in conflict.

13 February 2015