Over the last decade or so an Anglican school chaplaincy has grown into a congregation and recently into a Mission District. In late 1989 the Serian Anglican Congregation was formed from a small group of civil servants in Serian. They had visiting priests to lead their services, held in a different house each Sunday.
31 January 2000
Ahead of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Churches Together in England (CTE) has encouraged local churches to take special care in the way they arrange united services of Holy Communion.
26 January 2000
In November 1998 the General Synod of the Church of England passed a resolution recognising that church schools stand at the centre of the Church's mission to the nation. In response, the Archbishops' Council has set up a Church Schools Review Group, which met for the first time on 11th January under the chairmanship of Lord Dearing.
26 January 2000
The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali, has called for a wide ranging review of the democratic process in Pakistan, with special attention to the rights and needs of minorities.
26 January 2000
With an anticipated 30,000 visitors a day and 5,000 staff, the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, South London, is rather like an international airport. The company that operates the Dome has worked with the churches to appoint a team of twenty Christian chaplains, two of whom will be on duty whenever the Dome is open to the public.
19 January 2000
During the dark ages that descended on much of Britain following the Roman withdrawal in the 5th century AD, Christianity survived and flourished where Celtic saints maintained the traditions and teachings in Ireland and along the western seaboard of Britain.
17 January 2000
The Archbishop of Canterbury has accepted an invitation to become a patron of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (ESBVM). In his letter of acceptance, Dr Carey wrote: "The ESBVM has had an important place in the ecumenical landscape for many years and has made a significant contribution to the unity of God's Church. I am very pleased to be associated with this important work."
17 January 2000
The Rt Revd John Hind, Bishop in Europe, has been invited to take part in a special service at the Roman Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The Bishop will preach for the first time in this historic building on 21st January at a 1662 choral evensong that will mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
17 January 2000
Frank Field, the MP and member of the Church of England's General Synod, was appointed to "think the unthinkable" on welfare reform when Tony Blair's government came into office. But barely more than a year later, Frank Field returned to the back benches, and changes to the British welfare system are progressing along less radical lines.
17 January 2000
Recorded at St Paul's Cathedral, London. Broadcast on BBC1, 12.05pm, Saturday 1 January 2000
04 January 2000