British people who espouse Christian nationalist views are a “deeply anxious” group, and conversations with them should explore “what is it that bothers them so much about the state of Britain today”, a new report from Theos suggests. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

As the US Episcopal Church 🇺🇸 struggles with declining numbers and shrinking budgets 📉, one diocese has voted against merging with its neighbour after prolonged discussions, speaking of a need to build more trust. #ChurchTimes #TEC #ChurchNews

🛂 Pilot deportations of unsuccessful asylum applicants and others without legal residency, from EU countries to Africa, could start as early as the first half of 2027, Greece’s migration minister has announced. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

🇵🇱 Poland’s predominant Roman Catholic 🇻🇦 Church, which once provided a third of all priestly vocations in Europe 🇪🇺, is recruiting clergy from Africa 🌍 to work in its parishes after a dramatic decline in seminary admissions. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews #RC

A motion setting out the 🟢 Green Party’s opposition to Zionism felt for Jews “uncomfortably close to support for Hamas”, the Bishop of Hereford, the Rt Revd Richard Jackson, said this week. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

Bishops of the US state of Tennessee have appealed for “restraint, human dignity, and mercy” in the case of the botched execution of Christa Pike, who is on life support in hospital. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

Chris Brain, the founder of the Nine O’Clock Service in Sheffield, has been found guilty of one count of rape and four counts of indecent assault, after a second trial. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

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⛪︎ Multi-sensory space at church allows people who find sensory stimuli difficult to participate in worship #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

People gathered at Manchester Cathedral for a Worship Around the World event, which “demonstrated the beauty of intercultural worship”, the intercultural-mission enabler for the Manchester diocese said. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

👉 The welfare of workers in the 🚜 rural economy was raised by the Bishop of Hereford, the Rt Revd Richard Jackson, in the House of Lords last week. #ChurchTimes #HouseOfLords #ChurchNews

➡️ The General Synod elections are now under way; so candidates’ statements are being analysed to determine their positions on issues likely to arise in the next quinquennium. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

📺 Review: Jayne Manfredi on an American documentary about Mary Magdalene, Christianity and women, and the enduring pleasures of The Great British Bake Off #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

➡️ Dispute over 🟠 Orange Order march in Armagh continues. Story updated today. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews #NorthernIreland

📸 Photo Stories of the Week: Morris Men festival in Canterbury, a new mirrored sculpture at St Paul’s Cathedral, and a service to mark the Battle of Britain #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews

🇺🇸 Of the 22 lawsuits challenging President Trump’s immigration policies, 21 are being led by churches and faith-based organisations, a tracker monitoring legal challenges to the administration’s policies shows. #ChurchTimes #ChurchNews #WorldNews

Andy Burnham said that the faith of his mother Eileen gave him the “care for people” that shapes his politics, in an emotional first speech as Prime Minister, at the Labour Party 🌹 conference in Liverpool on Tuesday #ChurchTimes #Labour #ChurchNews

Willow Creek faces a lawsuit alleging leaders ignored sexual harassment and assault involving a teen who worked in a church ministry in the 1990s. The claims have not been proven in court. Source link intended for first reply. #WillowCreek #ChurchNews

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa 🇿🇦 has again rejected two proposals for special prayers and liturgy to be developed for same-sex couples, despite pleas from its outgoing Archbishop, Dr Thabo Makgoba. #ChurchNews #ChurchTimes

The Consistory Court of the diocese of Ely has granted a faculty permitting the restoration of St Mary the Virgin, which was destroyed by fire in February 2022, but the Chancellor rejects objections over lack of toilets in scheme. #ChurchNews