A selection of news and stories from churches across the country on how they are serving their communities.
-
“It might boost my ego, but no one becomes a vicar because they saw it on TV”
03/10/2017
COMMENT / Growing up I always wanted to be a newsreader or a diplomat. My primary school teacher, Miss Penrose, was convinced I’d be a nurse or a teacher and she got it right, in part - I was a teacher, secondary RE, for almost 10 years...
4 min read 
What is the point of RE?
21/09/2017
COMMENT / A rounded and positive religious education should be available to all and is about understanding what it is to be human, says the Revd Nigel Genders, Chief Education Officer for the Church of England.
4 min read
Presence and Engagement - building positive relationships with other faith groups
12/09/2017
FEATURE / Kat Brealey, Presence & Engagement’s National Coordinator speaks on the programme’s work and its future projects.
1 min read
Why the world needs a heart transplant
08/09/2017
FEATURE / The Bishop of Chelmsford, The Right Revered Stephen Cottrell talks about the latest findings from the annual British Social Attitudes survey show that more than half the UK population identifies as non-religious.
1 min read
The new A Church Near You
30/08/2017
FEATURE / Earlier this year the national Digital Communications team at Church House in London produced a report on how to get the most from the new A Church Near You.
3 min read
BBC follows Fresh Expressions – listen in
22/08/2017
FEATURE / This summer, St Albans Diocese was awarded a £1.75 million grant, as part of the Archbishops’ Council Strategic Development Funding stream.
2 min read
Art and Churches
26/07/2017
FEATURE / Listen more about a ChurchCare and arts initiative, Art and Christianity Enquiry and the long-standing tradition of art displays in church buildings
1 min read
Visit to Lampedusa
26/07/2017
FEATURE / Listen to an interview with Father Sean Gilbert, curate at Christ Church in St Leonards-on-Sea, who visited Lampedusa earlier this year to meet with migrants on the island.
1 min read