I AM coming to the end of my time as the Team Rector of one of largest parishes by population (just over 86,000) in the Church of England. It was formed in 2016, from what had been seven separate ...

BROWNING. The Revd Kevin Browning, Vicar of South Hornchurch (Chelmsford): 24 July. CROFTS. The Revd Zoe Crofts, Rector of the Cherington with Newington Benefice (Canterbury): 6 September. CONEYS. The ...

The topic was patronage in the Church of England — the right to nominate a priest to a vacant parish post. After listening to an hour-long speech, peers agreed to the Bishop’s request that a select ...

WHILE making some criticisms, the Standing Commission on the House of Bishops’ Declaration reports that it feels “very positively” about “mutual flourishing” in the diocese of Blackburn, where the ...

CARING for the environment is “an essential part of following Jesus”, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have said in a new teaching document. Hope for All Creation: A theological response to the ...

The Church Times Public Faith Common Good – a day symposium at St John’s College Cambridge, Tuesday 21 July 2026 Speakers to include the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams; the Bishop of ...

Speakers to include the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams; the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Deqhani, Nick Spencer, and Anna Rowlands. Read reports from issues stretching back to ...

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THE Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave, was “clearly correct” in taking no further action against the Revd Tim Hastie-Smith concerning the handling of reports about John Smyth’s abusive behaviour ...

THE historian Tom Holland has written about the Roman and Persian empires; he has examined with a sceptical eye the foundational myths of Islam. Now he has turned his attention to our own civilisation ...