Church of England

First Armagh Presbyterian church. Picture: Billy Maxwell

Billy Kennedy's Churches: Theological differences over women in the pulpit

Rev Houston McKelvey

Thought for the Week: The blessed hope of everlasting life

Spine-chilling cottage with ‘catacomb-like’ tunnel and secret meeting room on sale for £450k - pictures

Spine-chilling cottage with ‘catacomb-like’ tunnel on sale

Letters to editor

Letter: Privileged to have attended a magnificent Anglican service in Dublin

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was convicted of speeding (Photo by Andrew Milligan / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW MILLIGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Archbishop of Canterbury fined £510 for speeding

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are carried in the Gold State Coach in the coronation procession along The Mall to Buckingham Palace on Saturday. The last coronation ceremony in 1953 introduced modern innovations like live TV coverage, and reflected the fact that the British Empire was shrinking. The royal family has adapted to change, and that is part of its success as an institution. Photo: Lucy North/PA Wire

Owen Polley: Coronation reminded us that our national story shaped the world

Su Pollard, Bobby Seagull, Vicky Pattison, Rita Simons, Nabil Abdulrashid, Shane Lynch and Millie Knight

Friday: Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal (BBC2, 9pm)

Rev Richard Coles on Sky Arts Book Club

BBC Radio 4’s Richard Coles ‘forced to quit popular show’

Second Donegore Presbyterian church, Co Antrim Picture: Billy Maxwell

Deep split within the Anglican Communion - Archbishop of Canterbury rejected as ...

File photo dated 20/1/2023 of Justin Welby. A group of Anglican church leaders from around the world have ousted the Archbishop of Canterbury as their head following the decision to allow the blessing of same-sex couples in England. The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA) has said in a statement that it no longer considers Welby to be "leader of the global communion", and it has "disqualified" the Church of England from being its "mother church". Issue date: Monday February 20, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story RELIGION Archbishop. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Group of global Anglican church leaders ousts Welby over gay blessing reform

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

Archbishop criticises attempts to 'force same-sex marriage' on church

: Members of the General Synod react after blessings for same-sex couples was approved in a vote by the General Synod at The Church House.

Church of England votes to offer blessings to same sex couples

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, says a prayer during the General Synod of the Church of England, at Church House in central London, where members voted in favour of offering blessings to same-sex couples in civil partnerships and marriages.

Church of England synod votes in favour of blessings for same-sex couples

A man and woman are getting married, but it is discovered that one of them was of a different gender at birth. So both partners were the same gender at birth. Would the Christian church demand the folk getting married be different genders at birth?

John Coulter: Gay policy for churches is tricky enough, trans will be more so

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, speaks during a Church of England press conference at Lambeth Palace Library, in south London today. Bishops in favour of gay marriage have praised the Church of England's decision to allow the blessing of same-sex partnerships however clergy will remain banned from marrying same-sex couples.

Welby welcomes blessings for gay couples but will not personally carry them out

Rev Philip Gallagher, Glenavy & Moira Methodist Circuit

Moira Methodist Church begins its 200th birthday celebrations
The 200th birthday celebrations for Moira Methodist Church got underway today.

Nativity plays and door-to-door carol singing can go ahead post-lockdown

Four ways to celebrate World Food Day with children

Congregations have remained limited since church services returned

Billy Kennedy: Some clergy leaving choice on face masks in church to individuals

Letter to the editor

I am disappointed Presbyterians say they will ‘hold to unchanging Biblical princ...

One of the symbols used to denote 'gender fluidity'

Church of Ireland document states there are males, females – and ‘non-binary’ pe...

Christian church services have been cancelled - here's how other faiths are resp...

Manager Chen Tiantian, left, hands a takeaway order to a delivery driver at a Moka Bros cafe in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. For Valentine's Day Moka Bros, a health food eatery in Beijing, offered a special that included both a rose and a note logging the temperature of the chef that made the meal. Like many businesses in China, the restaurant has struggled to cope with the impact of a virus that has infected tens of thousands of people worldwide and sent several cities into lockdown. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Church of England issues Holy Communion advice to reduce risk of Coronavirus tra...