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The Bible Challenge: how a personal goal became a global movement

The Revd Marek Zabriskie’s personal challenge to read the entire Bible in a year has become a global movement with thousands of participants.

21 December 2017

Churches face liturgical “conundrum” with Christmas Eve falling on Advent IV

The Episcopal News Service surveyed churches to ask how they were scheduling services for Advent IV and Christmas Eve on 24 December.

21 December 2017

A Christmas Message from Archbishop Fred Hiltz

A Christmas Message from Archbishop Fred Hiltz of the Anglican Church of Canada.

20 December 2017

“I’ll have a Blue Christmas without you”: Churches offer comfort on the longest night

Churches are hosting Blue Christmas services to offer comfort for people experiencing grief, loss or hardship as Christmas approaches.

20 December 2017

Canadian Anglicans and United Church discuss mutual recognition of ministers and ministry

The mutual recognition of ministers by the Anglican and United Churches in Canada is the focus of dialogue between the two Churches.

20 December 2017

A Christmas Message from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry

A Christmas Message from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry of the US-based Episcopal Church.

18 December 2017

Episcopalians respond as 100,000 flee massive southern California wildfires

The US-based Episcopal Relief & Development agency is responding to major wildfires sweeping across Southern California.

13 December 2017

Bishops condemn abuse of police power in state-attacks on universities in Brazil

Bishops in Brazil have spoken out against police abuse of power after the Rector of the Federal University of Santa Catarina killed himself.

12 December 2017

Bishop of Qu’Appelle aims to raise £1.2 million by cycling across Canada

Bishop Rob Hardwick will spend much of his four-month sabbatical bicycling across Canada to raise money for ministry in Qu’Appelle.

11 December 2017

Exploration of diaconate in Anglican, Roman Catholic and Ukrainian Catholic churches

The role of deacons in the Church will be discussed by an international ecumenical gathering in Regina, Canada, in May next year.

08 December 2017