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Interim ACNS and Anglican World editor appointed

Terri Miller has been named as interim editor for the Anglican Communion News Service and Anglican World magazine.

06 March 2015

Christian Aid: "Keep promises to realise women’s rights"

Christian agency says governments must commit more resources to meet gender equality aims 

06 March 2015

Rowan Williams To Reflect On The Christian Response To The Suffering Of World War Two On Radio 4

On Sunday March 8, Christian Aid’s 70th anniversary will be marked on Radio 4’s Sunday Worship with a sermon given by the charity’s Chair, Dr Rowan Williams.

04 March 2015

Young Christians invited to spend 'a year in God's time'

The Archbishop of Canterbury has opened the application process for young Christians to spend a year living  as a community inspired by ancient monastic traditions.

02 March 2015

Nearly 100,000 children affected by benefit sanctions in 2013/14

Nearly 100,000 children affected by benefit sanctions in 2013/14

A new report from a coalition of major UK Churches has revealed that around 100,000 children were affected by benefit sanctions in 2013/14. 

02 March 2015

Anglican Communion Office bids farewell to its Communications Director

The Anglican Communion Office’s Director for Communications has announced he is leaving after five years in post.

27 February 2015

Book explains Bible's impact on everyday language

Everyone knows that pride comes before a fall, and that you’ll be at your wits’ end if you see that there is no rest for the wicked  but few people realise that these phrases first appear in the King James Bible.

24 February 2015

Religious violence "a defining issue of our generation"

[WCC] Canon David Porter told the WCC that religiously sanctified violence is a global challenge, and not just an issue of the Arab world. 

19 February 2015

From Fiji to Alaska - Eco bishops head for SA

Anglican bishops from some of the regions of the world most challenged by climate change – from Fiji to Argentina, and Namibia to Alaska – are to meet in Cape Town next week to work out strategies for achieving climate justice.

19 February 2015

WCC congratulates Carlos Emilio Ham on appointment as head of Cuban seminary

The Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal churches founded the Evangelical Seminary in 1946

17 February 2015