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“THE time for review has passed, and now is the time for action” on safeguarding, the chief executive of the Charity Commission, David Holdsworth, said this week, in a highly unusual intervention from ...

TRANSFERRING the Church of England’s diocesan and national safeguarding staff to an independent body would take at least three years, a paper recommending the proposal says. Radical change was ...

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 ...

Why We Believe: Finding meaning in uncertain times by Alister McGrath (Oneworld, £18.99 (Church Times SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £15.19); 978-0-86154-921-4). “Alister McGrath offers a fresh perspective on ...

CHURCHES are providing nearly one fifth of the venues participating in the national Warm Welcome Spaces campaign, which is described by the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as “a chain of hope . . .

THE new membership of the United States Congress is composed overwhelmingly of Protestant Christians — far more so than the proportion of Christians among the general public, a new study shows. The ...

How are churches addressing the cost of living crisis? Pat Ashworth hears how congregations are addressing rising demand for support to make ends meet ...

THE membership of the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) that will choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury is expected to be known by mid-March, before its first meeting in May, the Archbishops’ ...

THE Listed Places of Worship Grant (LPWG) Scheme has been extended for one year only and capped at £23 million. Individual places of worship are eligible for a maximum of £25,000. Speaking during a ...

DEPENDENCE on hotels as a stopgap solution to housing asylum-seekers is neither compassionate nor sustainable, Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) told the House of Lords on Monday. He was asking the ...

APPROVAL of stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples is unlikely to be put to the General Synod this summer, it has been announced. Decisions on whether clergy can enter into same-sex ...