Church

• How can an Anglican priest deny the physical resurrection of Christ?

  'It's important for Christians to be set free from the idea that the resurrection was an extraordinary physical event, which restored to life Jesus' original earthly body.'

• Hell on Earth? Failed musical venture loses village church millions

  A failed venture into the world of musicals has led to a church in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire being forced into liquidation and dozens of members losing hundreds of thousands of pounds.

• The church and sexuality: 2 Oxford evangelical views

  But there was a vacuum in my life. The secular ideal of romantic love cracked in my mind.

• New Bishop of Truro calls for denominations to work together

  The new Bishop of Truro has called for all denominations to work together in an attempt to tackle the challenges facing Cornwall.

• Exclusive: Leading evangelical bishop apologises for role in gender transition liturgy guidance – and now opposes it

  The Bishop of Blackburn chaired the body which oversaw the publication of guidance on how to enable transgender adults to mark their transition.

• Methodist, Anglican leaders urge halt to 'anger and vitriol' over Brexit

  Britain's Anglican and Methodist leaders have called for an end to the 'anger and vitriol' that has characterised public discourse in an implicit reference to the ongoing turmoil over Brexit.

• 'Vicar of Baghdad' ministry hit by Charity Commission inquiry

  The Commission has highlighted its concerns over Jerusalem Merit's governance.

• How a Bible app is growing churches in a Ugandan refugee camp

  Rev Alex Sokiri and his wife Harriet fled an armed raid on their town in Kajo Keji in South Sudan in July 2016, leaving all their possessions behind.

• Evangelical Alliance appoints new Wales director

  Siân Rees will also serve on the UK-wide leadership team.

• Promise and Persecution: How should we respond when Christians come under attack?

  Are there any spiritual principles at work in persecution that we need to grasp and engage with?

• Your smartphone heralds the rise of the Antichrist, warns Russian Patriarch

  The Antichrist is the person who will be at the head of the worldwide web, controlling all of humankind.

• Millions of Filipinos display Catholic devotion in Black Nazarene procession

  Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos joined an annual procession in the Philippine capital to kiss or touch a centuries-old black wooden statue of Jesus Christ.

• Oxford diocese in meltdown as clergy reject bishops' view on sexuality

  'If not addressed, we would all struggle to support the leadership of our bishops in this matter and a number of our churches may want to seek alternative means of receiving episcopal ministry.'

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  People have 'lost confidence' in politics, says Bishop of Salisbury

  Britain's tumultuous exit from the European Union has shaken people's confidence in the political process, the Bishop of Salisbury has warned.

• New light on John Wesley: Methodism's oldest chapel honours founder with stained glass window

  The window made by glass artist Andrew Taylor was installed today at the New Room in central Bristol.