Line management in the Church of England must be fixed if the growing number of 👦 children’s, youth, and families workers being recruited are to flourish, a researcher has said. #ChurchNews #YouthMinistry #ChurchTimes

🇬🇧 Reform UK announced last month a policy to abolish Personal Independence Payments (PIP) for ♿︎ disabled people, a benefit that many rely on to live an independent and functioning life. #ChurchTimes #ReformUK #ChurchNews

James Randolph, a former leader at Living Word Church, is appealing his child sexual assault conviction and argues his 1985 conviction unfairly prejudiced jurors. Read more from The Roys Report. #JamesRandolph #ChurchAccountability #LivingWordChurch #ChurchNews

📈 Amid challenging conditions for the nation’s places of worship, the National Churches Trust has reported a surge in income, boosted by “exceptional levels of legacy notifications and major donor income”. 💷 #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

Former Hillsong pastors Carl and Laura Lentz have announced 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 10 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘵, a marriage book drawing on their public infidelity scandal and reconciliation journey. I am not to sure about this?

#CarlLentz #LauraLentz #Hillsong #Marriage #ChurchNews

“The UK is struggling to switch off,” research commissioned to coincide with National Retreat Week has concluded. #Retreat #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

Former Florida pastor Eddy Noelsaint was sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted on four counts of sexual battery, according to ChurchLeaders. #EddyNoelsaint #ChurchNews #ChristianNews #PastorAccountability #ChurchAccountability

The Serbian Orthodox Patriarch has spoken of the Christian devotion in prison of the late General Ratko Mladić — widely dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” — during a mass commemoration that could set back his country’s chances of joining the European Union. #ChurchNews

Former Tennessee church finance pastor Paul Leo Tremblay has been charged after investigators alleged more than $350,000 in church funds was taken for personal benefit. Charges are allegations. #PaulTremblay #ChurchAccountability #ChurchNews

Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy shared their baptisms after speaking publicly about surrendering their lives to Jesus. Do celebrity testimonies help? #Baptism #Faith #ChurchNews #MCD

Parish-church choirs are among the beneficiaries of the £438,955 awarded by the Cathedral Music Trust this year. #ChurchNews #ChurchTimes

The Episcopal Church in the United States has welcomed its first transgender cathedral dean, the Very Revd Micah Cronin. #ChurchNews

ICU nurses helped fulfill a patient's final wish with a baptism in a kiddie pool. What's the most powerful baptism story you've heard? #Faith #Baptism #ChurchNews #MadChurchDisease

Evangelicals make up almost two-thirds of “practising Christians” in the UK, a new report from the Evangelical Alliance suggests. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

🇳🇵 On the morning of 26 August, Daniel Gurung was sitting with friends in the Nuwakot district of Nepal when police arrived with a message for people living close to the river: “Move to safer ground.” #ChurchNews #WorldNews

The baptism of 170 people in the sea at Bigbury-on-Sea, in Devon, made Saturday “an extraordinary day”, its organiser, Merlin Kraft, said, after people travelled from all over the UK for the service. #ChurchNews #ChurchTimes

🏅 A former editor of the Church Times, Paul Handley, is among 27 recipients of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lambeth Awards 2026, which recognise outstanding contributions to the Church of England, the Anglican Communion, and wider society. #ChurchNews

Iowa pastor and Hazleton City Council member Hayden Robinson faces multiple charges, including domestic abuse assault, first-degree harassment, intimidation with a dangerous weapon and child endangerment. He has been released on bail. #HaydenRobinson #ChurchNews #Accountability

⛪︎ Amid deep concern for the future of the rural church, participants left a Save the Parish conference in Norwich feeling “hopeful”, its organiser said this week. #SaveTheParish #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

ABC 7 Amarillo reports a Randall County grand jury indicted former pastor David Austin Ritchie on a solicitation of prostitution charge after a June undercover sting. An indictment is not a conviction. #DavidAustinRitchie #Amarillo #ChurchNews