Articles
Friday, 02 July 2010 19:01
New wine in old church buildings
This week saw the publication of English Heritage’s first national survey of England's places of worship. This documents the state of 14,500 church buildings from Gothic Anglican confections to nonconformist chapels and Quaker meeting houses. The…
Friday, 02 July 2010 18:58
Politics and the Gospel
American writer and theologian Wayne Grudem, co-translator of the English Standard Version of the Bible, addressed a packed St. Helen’s Church in Bishopsgate, London, tackling the question of whether political involvement distracts from the Gospel. He…
Friday, 02 July 2010 18:56
Methodists to ‘pay attention’ to God
The Methodist Conference in Portsmouth last Saturday heard a fresh call from the new President to pay attention to God and to those who have been discarded or rejected by society. The Rev Alison Tomlin said…
Friday, 02 July 2010 18:55
Church appeal over lap-dance club
An Oxford congregation lost its appeal on 30th June 2010 to overturn the variation of a licence to run a lap-dancing club just 50 yards from their church. The Rev Vaughan Roberts, Rector of St Ebbe’s…
Friday, 02 July 2010 18:53
Women Bishops
The Archbishop of Canterbury has spoken of his desire to see women ordained as bishops in the Church of England in a way that does not ‘violently disrupt’ the common life of the Church. At their…
Monday, 28 June 2010 16:34
Ground-breaking Christian iPhone application
Want to ride the Jesus wave into the 21st century? There's an app for that! Revolutionary new media company DV8 Media has released ‘The Life of Jesus’, the first-ever comprehensive mobile phone application dedicated to the…