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| The Church of England took out a quarter-page advertisement in the Metro newspaper, offering a prayer for people returned to work after their summer breaks. The church placed the advert in the free commuter paper after research carried out for it found that one in three people expected work to be “very busy” over the coming months, and one in eight was “dreading” the prospect of returning to a “new season” at work. The prayer asked for God’s help in dealing with everyday concerns of home and professional life. | |
| Church | The War Cry – September 13th 2008 |
| Churches in England have lost at least 50,000 women from their congregation every year since 1989, a sociologist said at the weekend. Dr Kristin Aune, of Derby University, said many young women were put off going to church because they linked it with traditional values. She also said television icons such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which supported female empowerment, discouraged women from attending church. Dr Aune said: “In short, women are abandoning the church. Because of its focus on female empowerment, young women are attracted by Wicca, popularised by the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. “Young women tend to express egalitarian values and dislike the traditionalism and hierarchies they imagine are integral to the church.” Dr Aune believes many women find it difficult to attend church as they juggle their working lives with their families. | |
| Church | The Church of England Newspaper - August 29th 2008 |
| As the UK economy takes a downturn, churches must be ready to help those in financial difficulty, says Christians Against Poverty (CAP). The dept counselling charity’s advice came after warnings from the Bank of England. Matt Barlow, the chief Executive of CAP UK, said, ‘we have seen an increase in those previously financially secure seeking help. | |
| Church | Direction - August 2008 |
| 73% of churchgoers and 91% of church leaders say the Bible actively challenges them to live in a way that goes against Britians current culture according to a report in March. The study also showed 78% of churchgoers believed the Bible to be divinely inspired. Church leaders were more confident of this, with 98% agreeing. When it came to inerrancy fewer than half of the leaders (47%) believed the Bible to be free of errors. | |
| Church | UK News Now May 2008 |
| New research claims that cathedrals are failing to reach out to secular tourists. The study conducted by the University of Warwick, showed that just 18% of non-religious visitors claimed to experience a sense of God’s presence when visiting St David’s Cathedral. “Cathedrals still seem over-focused on pilgrim tourists,” said research leader Dr Emyr Williams. “This strategy misses the great challenge held out by the Archbishops’ Commission on Cathedrals of engaging in their mission of teaching, evangelising and welcome among secular tourists. | |
| Church | Christianity - April 2008 |
| According to a report in March, ‘mystery worshippers’ could soon be visiting churches to evaluate the effectiveness of their outreach and welcome. Following a successful trial in the Midlands, researchers are now looking at developing a resource which would see non-church-going professional researchers secretly visiting churches to assess their strengths and weaknesses. The research trial was organised by Christian Research and Christian Resources Exhibition. | |
| Church | Evangelicals NOW - April 2008 |
| Research has recently revealed that roughly 25 million people attend a church or chapel wedding each year – that is getting on for half the population. | |
| Church | The Wey - March 08 |
| Satanic images and graffiti dubbed “nasty” and “disturbing” by shocked parishioners, have been daubed on a Yorkshire Church. The concentrated attack - covering most of the outside walls - is on St. Augustine’s at Scisett, Huddersfield, in the Wakefield diocese. Slogans include “Lucifer is rising” and “the Anti-Christ is coming” are among the shocking daubings on the stone walls of the church. | |
| Church | The Church of England Newspaper - November 2007 |
| An ancient church has been moved- on a flat-bed truck. The Emmaus Church and the village of Heursdorf, near Leipzig in Germany, were found to be sitting above large deposits of brown coal, or lignite. A mining company paid £2 million to move the 700 year old church to a new location, on a huge flat-bed truck after local residents refused to move, unless their church went with them. The residents described it as a symbolic victory. | |
| Church | The Reform - December 2007 |
| Six US television evangelists are under investigation by a US senate commitee for allagedly abusing thier tax-exempt status to fund lavish lifestyles that include mansions, jets, Rolls Royces and £12,000 toilet seats. Senator Grassley said "I don't want to conclude that there's a problem, but i have an obligation to donors and the taxpayers to fing out more. People who donated should have thier money spent as intended and in adherance to the tax code" | |
| Church | Church Of England newspaper - November 2007 |
| The number of women ordinands has outnumbered men for the first time ever in the Church Of England, new statisticts have revealed. According to official figures, there were 478 new clergy ordained in 2006, down from 505 new ordinands in 2005, but up from 469 in 2004. But for the first time ever more women (244) were ordained than men (234) in 2006, although the majority of these women were ordained to non-stipendiary ministry. | |
| Church | Church Of England newspaper - November 2007 |
| While more than 80 per cent of its one million square miles is covered by an ice-cap which is a couple of miles thick in some places, Greenland is statistically the world’s largest island. In a population of 57,000 people, there are only 50 registered Roman Catholics. These form part of the parish of Christ the King in Nuuk, the island’s Capital. | |
| Church | THE UNIVERSE - December 2007 |
| The Prince of Wales celebrated his 59th birthday by visiting a Pentecostal church to recognise the contribution black churches have made to UK society. The birthday was marked with a service at Jesus House Church in north-west London. | |
| Church | The Sentinel - 14th November 2007 |
| The number of people attending Church of England Services on a Sunday has dropped below one million for the first time. The Sunday average fell by 2% to 988,000 Only around half what was being recorded as recently as the 1960’s. The figure, published by CofE follows years of attempts by the Church to put a gloss on falling numbers. In the late 1990’s, it stopped publishing figures for two years. Then it changed its method of counting, pointing out that weekday attendances was rising. Anglicans say that is still true, with the weekday attendance pushing the weekly average up to 1,169,000. | |
| Church | Daily Mail - 13th November 2007 |
| The Bishop of New Hampshire has given his clergy permission to bless same-sex unions. Speaking to the press on May 31st following the signing of a state law in New Hampshire establishing gay civil unions, Bishop Gene Robinson stated he would not compel his clergy to conduct gay blessings, but would leave it up to each priest’s conscience. | |
| Church | The Church of England Newspaper - June 15 2007 |
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