Church

Get on your bike: bishop ditches car for Lent challenge
Rather than the usual fare of no chocolate, caffeine or cake, the Bishop of Ramsbury has taken on an unusual challenge this Lent; he's given up the use of his car.

John Ortberg's megachurch to leave PCUSA at a cost of $9m
Popular Christian author and leader of Menlo Park Presbyterian John Ortberg has announced that his Californian church will be leaving the PCUSA.

The Year of Pope Francis
We look back at the first year of Pope Francis' papacy

'A moment in history': 20 years of women priests
The Reverend Prebendary Angela Berners-Wilson has been giving her thoughts on what it was like to be one of the first female priests in the Church of England 20 years ago today.

Is Lent your guilty pleasure?
How evangelicals rediscovered a forgotten season

Why bother with the Bible?
This is just one of the questions the Methodist Church is seeking to answer for young people with a new short video series

Geoff Tunnicliffe to step down as head of WEA after 10 years
Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe will not be seeking a third term as Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, the organisation has confirmed

Feminism in a male-dominated Church
Women in church are expected to make the teas and coffees, and run the crèche, but they could do so much more, believes Christian feminist Natalie Collins

Freeing the supernatural in our churches
Claire Musters looks at two books on successful prayer ministry, Sustainable Power and Our Hands, His Healing

Bishop fasting in solidarity with hungry Brits
The Bishop of Taunton is one of many Christians who have responded to the call to fast during Lent in solidarity with Brits going hungry.

The spiritual pilgrimage of Lent begins with closing our mouths
The Bishop of London is asking Christians to reflect on themselves instead of judging others this Lent

Daily online reflections for Lent
Reflections will be posted to the web each day during Lent by the Archbishop of York

Calling the young to ordination
Kendalle Tanner is just one young Anglican who refuses to believe that the Church of England will die

Church planting in Europe is a 'difficult task'
Texas megachurch pastor Matt Chandler was in London today to encourage church planters with a reminder that God has not lost control of Europe

Telling the Church of England's story in 140 characters
@OurCofE is the Church of England's way of "celebrating the Christian faith in action" in communities across the country

Bring your burdens to God this Lent
Archbishop of Cardiff reaches out to troubled and over-burdened this Lent