A YOUNG mum came to see me last week to enquire about the church, and ask about what we believed and what we expected of her.

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THE first new parish in the diocese of Guildford for 25 years has been established at the site of the former Deepcut army barracks in Surrey. The former garrison church, St Barbara’s, built as a tin ...

MORE than one third of adults in the UK are anxious about their everyday finances, new polling from Christians Against Poverty (CAP) suggests. Through its latest campaign, “Budget not Blues”, the ...

SOLAR panels — 184 of them — have been installed and blessed on the roof of York Minster. The Dean, the Very Revd Dominic Barrington, prayed: “Bless these solar panels that they may help us in our ...

26 January, Nehemiah 8.1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19 (19.1-6); 1 Corinthians 12.12-31a; Luke 4.14-21 WHEN I ask people to read in worship, I advise them to prepare by reading the passage beforehand, ...

NEWS of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday evening has been welcomed with caution, after overnight Israeli missile strikes were reported to have killed more than 80 people. On ...

TENSIONS were high as Mozambique prepared for the swearing-in of President Daniel Chapo on Wednesday, amid continued street protests over the disputed parliamentary election result. Thousands of ...

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A CEASEFIRE was agreed between Hamas and Israel on Wednesday evening, according to media reports. Exact details of the deal remain unconfirmed, but media reports suggest that the agreement is ...

THE Charity Commission has extended its inquiry into the Barnabas Fund (also known as Barnabas Aid) to four other charities connected to it, after identifying “possible risks due to their shared ...