The Reverend Philip North, Team Rector of the Parish of Old St Pancras, London, has been appointed by the Queen as the Suffragan Bishop of Whitby, in succession to the Right Reverend Dr Martin Warner.
Tom Sefton has joined the Church of England’s Mission and Public Affairs (MPA) Division as part of the team of specialists dealing with the wide range of issues which arise in the Church’s engagement with society, politics and ethics.
The Church of England has published an inspection report on the All Saints’ Centre for Mission and Ministry within the Southern North West Training Partnership.
[Daily Telegraph] A drifter accused of murdering a vicar had plotted to kill the Archbishop of Canterbury, even travelling to the city to work out how to get past Rowan Williams's security.
The Bishop of Sheffield, Dr. Steven Croft, has today commended the work of the fresh expressions movement and encouraged new ways of evangelism in an address in Rome.
Year Five children from Alne Primary School, near Easingwold, have got a new maths classroom – their local church. St Mary’s Church, Alne, is hosting the maths lessons on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays while work is done at the school to build new classrooms.
The move from aid to enterprise in poor nations of the world is a "massive shift", to be welcomed according to Lord Carey of Clifton.
[St Paul’s Cathedral] The service of evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral on 14th October was planned to incorporate prayers by Occupy Faith and a sermon which spoke clearly of the need for partnership between Occupy, St Paul’s and others in addressing the need for financial and political change which Occupy highlighted.
Churches across the country are supporting vital foodbanks for their local communities as part of their traditional harvest festival.
Proposals to absorb the services of two specialist health watchdogs into the Care Quality Commission to save half a million pounds per year have been criticised by the Mission and Public Affairs (MPA) Council.
From the Office of the Archbishop of York
The Archbishop of York today spoke in The Guardian [newspaper] about tackling injustice through the principle of 'jubilee'.
The Most Revd. & Rt Hon. Dr. John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, is to visit the Diocese of Pretoria, South Africa from 10th October to 16th October 2012.
From The Telegraph
It may shock traditionalists but vicars have taken to the catwalk to model the latest fashions in clergy robes.
13 October 2012, St Aldate’s Church, Oxford Preacher: the Rt Rev Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry
The commissioning service for the Rev Canon Philip Mounstephen, the new Executive Leader of the Church Mission Society, takes place at St Aldate’s church, Oxford on Saturday 13 October at 1.30pm.
A national conference to be held next year will seek to improve the way churches resolve conflict.
All are invited to visit and interact with a new website built to support the work of the Church Growth Research Programme - the national 18-month academic research project exploring the factors related to spiritual and in particular numerical church growth of the Church of England.
BBC Local radio has today [26.09.12] released results of a survey that helps establish how people view the Archbishop of Canterbury’s nine year tenure.
A letter thanking Her Majesty The Queen for 60 years of service has been delivered to Buckingham Palace today (Monday, September 24th). The Big Jubilee Thank You, coordinated by the Church of England and HOPE Together, was signed by the public in churches and cathedrals throughout the year and contains thousands of signatures from all over the country.
The Bishop of Manchester, the Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch, has issued a prayer following the deaths of constables Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, which will be used by many churches across Greater Manchester and nationally.
