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'Moving and humbling': 27 young Christians opt to live as monks and nuns for a year
'Moving and humbling': 27 young Christians opt to live as monks and nuns for a year

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has welcomed his third intake of young men and women to spend 'a year in God's time' as part of the St Anselm's Community at Lambeth Palace

How you can talk to your friends about Jesus
How you can talk to your friends about Jesus

The days of Billy Graham-style mass evangelism rallies might have gone, in the West at least. But what will replace them?

Lancelot Andrewes: 7 quotes from a great scholar and preacher
Lancelot Andrewes: 7 quotes from a great scholar and preacher

Andrewes was a fierce defender of the Church of England against what he saw as the excesses both of Roman Catholicism and extreme Protestantism.

Archbishop of Canterbury sparks wedding panic...by losing the ring!
Archbishop of Canterbury sparks wedding panic...by losing the ring!

But Justin Welby sparked panic when he momentarily lost one of the rings as he officiated at the marriage of his senior aide Ailsa Anderson last Saturday.

Church in Wales closing more than 10 churches a year
Church in Wales closing more than 10 churches a year

The Church in Wales has closed 115 churches in a decade, about eight per cent of the total, leaving more than 1,300 still in use according to figures published by the BBC.

Church apologizes after hosting fashion show 'glorifying demon worship'
Church apologizes after hosting fashion show 'glorifying demon worship'

The show during London Fashion Week featured inverted crosses and models wearing devil's horns and was held at St Andrew's Church in central London.

Pope Francis is leading the Church to heresy, say Catholic scholars in extraordinary rebuke
Pope Francis is leading the Church to heresy, say Catholic scholars in extraordinary rebuke

Pope Francis is leading the Catholic Church into heresy, according to more than 60 conservative scholars and priests.

Vatican fraud investigator: I was forced to quit after I found illegal behaviour
Vatican fraud investigator: I was forced to quit after I found illegal behaviour

The Vatican's first auditor-general, who resigned without explanation in June, has broken his silence, saying he was forced to step down with trumped-up accusations after discovering evidence of possible illegal activity.

Pope Francis: The Church was 'a bit late' in confronting child abuse
Pope Francis: The Church was 'a bit late' in confronting child abuse

Pope Francis admitted the Catholic Church was 'a bit late' to acknowledging the damage done by paedophile priests as he met with his sex abuse advisory commission for the first time on Thursday.

This alternative to all-age worship really works
This alternative to all-age worship really works

When we analysed our service numbers here when I first started, we realised that our all-age Sunday service was the least well-attended. Even some of the families weren't coming.

US Episcopal Church tumbles to new low, shedding 35,000 members last year alone
US Episcopal Church tumbles to new low, shedding 35,000 members last year alone

Membership and attendance of The Episcopal Church in the US continues to tumble rapidly, the latest figures suggest, shedding almost 35,000 members in the last year alone.

Apostle Paul never said 'women should remain silent': scholars claim controversial passage was added later
Apostle Paul never said 'women should remain silent': scholars claim controversial passage was added later

The Apostle Paul never told women to be silent in church and the Bible passage which indicates he did was a later addition by scribes, scholars are claiming.

New Indian anti-conversion law draws Christian protests
New Indian anti-conversion law draws Christian protests

Protests agains the law will be held on Saturday, September 23.

Primates meeting: 'As many as six' Anglican leaders won't attend Welby's pivotal summit
Primates meeting: 'As many as six' Anglican leaders won't attend Welby's pivotal summit

The Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed as many as six Anglican primates will not be attending a pivotal meeting next month.

Why the future face of Christianity is African
Why the future face of Christianity is African

By 2050, 40 per cent of the world's Christians will be African, the African Biblical Leadership Initiative (ABLI Forum) was told.

Rosh Hashanah: Six facts you need to know as Justin Welby wishes 'Shanah Tovah'
Rosh Hashanah: Six facts you need to know as Justin Welby wishes 'Shanah Tovah'

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish festival marking the start of the new year, begins tonight and marks the beginning of ten High Holy days before Yom Kippur, the day of repentance, on 29 September.