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Bishop of London tells peers C of E needs safeguarding ‘reset’
10 hours ago · THE “reset” of safeguarding in the Church of England must have mandatory reporting at its heart, the Bishop of London told the House of Lords last Friday.. She was speaking during a debate on a Private Member’s Bill, Regulated and Other Activities (Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse) Bill, which would impose a duty, subject to criminal sanction, for the providers of regulated and ...
Would employed clergy make the Church Safer?
11 hours ago · THE Archbishop of York has said that it might be time “possibly [to] ask the question whether clergy should become employees” (News 10 January).Last month, the Bishop of Birkenhead, the Rt Revd Julie Conalty, who is the deputy lead bishop for safeguarding, told the Sky News programme The UK Tonight that she “can see …
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1 day ago · Trump finds Bishop Budde’s post-Inauguration sermon ‘nasty in tone’ A PLEA for the new United States administration to be merciful to undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ people has been rejected by President Trump as “nasty in tone” and from a …
How are churches addressing the cost of living crisis? - The Church …
Jan 17, 2025 · THE sobering effect of visiting a food and clothing bank operating from a damp basement on one of the city’s most deprived housing estates prompted the Archdeacon of Sheffield, the Ven. Malcolm Chamberlain, to raise the issue nationally.. He told the General Synod in July: “We can and we must do better as a nation.
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Jan 15, 2025 · Canterbury CNC members to be named in March. THE membership of the Crown Nominations Commission that will choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to be known by mid-March, before its first meeting in May, the Archbishops’ Secretary for Appointments, Stephen Knott, has said
National Churches Trust draws up blueprint to show how to save …
Jan 25, 2024 · THE future of church buildings is the single biggest heritage challenge facing the UK, and a national plan is urgently needed, the National Churches Trust (NCT) says.. The support charity launched its latest campaign, Every Church Counts, at a reception in the House of Lords, on Wednesday.The latest figures show that 3500 churches closed in the past ten years, and more than 900 buildings are ...
New churches are dropping the word ‘church’, report finds
Aug 13, 2024 · DIOCESES have jettisoned the use of the word “church” in describing the “new things” being established in their parishes, raising questions about what theology is being applied in the Church of England, an independent report says.. New Things: A theological investigation into the work of starting new churches across 11 dioceses in the Church of England reports that, in the past ten ...
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Oct 25, 2024 · Lake District solar-panel appeal dismissed. THE Planning Inspectorate has dismissed an appeal to install 28 solar panels on the roof of St Anne’s, Ings, despite a faculty granted this year by the Consistory Court of the diocese of Carlisle (News, 7 June).St Anne’s is a Grade II* listed Georgian church built in 1743. Last November, the Lake District National Park Authority, the local ...
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Aug 30, 2024 · Rededication of stone carving. AN ANCIENT stone carving believed by some historians to be the earliest-known sculpture of St Thomas Becket has been restored to the chancel of St Lawrence’s, Godmersham, in Kent — a church on the ancient pilgrim route between Winchester and Canterbury — and rededicated (News, 31 May).The service last weekend was attended by both Anglican and Roman Catholic ...