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| “The eyes of the world are upon us,” warned the Moderator, the Rt Rev David Arnott, as the Anglican Assembly prepared to discuss the Special Commission on Same-Sex relationships and the Ministry. After a full day’s debate, the Assembly voted by 351 votes to 294 to go down what the Commision described as the ‘revisionist’ trajectory, resolving ‘to consider further the lifting of the moratorium on the acceptance for training and ordination of persons in a same-sex relationship'. | |
| Church | Life And Work July 2011 |
| Increased life expectancy is to blame for dwindling church attendances, according to researchers. They say that longer life spans bring with them the temptation to put off making peace with one's maker. The controversial theory could help explain why church attendances are falling in many western nations, including the UK, and why the elderly make up such a large proportion of many congregations. In Britain, only 15 per cent of people go to church at least once a month. And with over-65s accounting for more than a quarter of regular churchgoers, churches are desperately trying to reach a younger audience. The theory comes from a team at St Andrews University and the University of East Anglia who applied some of the principles of economics to the psychology of churchgoing. | |
| Church | The Mail April 11th 2011 |
| More Scottish couples chose humanist weddings than Roman Catholic nuptials to tie the knot last year, according to figures reported in February. Humanist weddings, only legal since 2005, are now the third most popular ceremony. The Humanist Society of Scotland predicts that their weddings will outnumber the Church of Scotland’s by 2015. Scotland is the only UK country to have legalised humanist weddings, and one of just six countries around the globe. | |
| Church | Evangelicals Now, April 2011 |
| Around one in ten leaders has been unfaithful to their spouse, compared to three percent of Christians in general. Meanwhile, half of leaders aged between 25 and 55 say they have deliberately accessed the internet to look at pornography. This is according to a survey carried out in 2010 by Marriage Week, Northern Ireland, a group of organisations including the Evangelical Alliance in N,I. More than 1,000 respondents from a variety of denominations, including 157 church leaders, responded to the survey - one of the largest pieces of research of its kind in the UK. Of particular concern was that female leaders were more likely to have admitted to an affair. | |
| Church | Idea March/April 2011 |
| Among the 18-30’s just three percent of the UK population attends church, less than half the UK average of seven percent. From 1985 to 2005 the number attending church from this age group dropped by around 62 percent. | |
| Church | Idea March/April 2011 |
| Eighty-two per cent of adults in England and Wales say they belong to a religion, according to the latest social trend figures published by the Office for National Statistics. But, although Christianity was the faith most widely followed, only 32 per cent of those who said they were Christians practised their faith. | |
| Church | The War Cry, 5 February 2011 |
| Since the 1970s deliberate attempts have been made in Britain to remove the Christian faith from national life, according to a cathedral chief. The claim comes from Lincoln sub dean Alan Sugden in the latest issue of the cathedral chapter letter which will be distributed to members of the minster congregation this Sunday. The 68-year-old canon declares: “There have been deliberate attempts over the past 40 years to remove social controls on behaviour – and, more seriously, to remove the Christian faith from the national life, or at least seriously to marginalize it.” Canon Nugent, who has been Lincoln sub dean since 2003, adds: “The effect if this is in part, the atmosphere of vulgarity in so many aspects of our national life which is increasingly uncontrollable and frightening.” | |
| Church | Church of England Newspaper January 21st 2011 |
| New research published this week revealed that the total number of Anglican churches in England has risen for the first time in 10years. The figures, from Christian Research, also reveals growth in Roman Catholic, Baptist and Pentecostal churches. The turnaround is dramatic, as in previous research published by the group there has been a steady decline in Anglican worshippers, prompting Christian Research to predict that as one in five Anglican churches could be declared redundant by 2030. | |
| Church | Church of England December 24th 2010 |
| British Catholics have played down the Pope’s comment that the use of condoms could sometimes be morally justified to stop the spread of Aids. Sources in the Catholic Church in England and Wales said the shift did not mean a major change in Vatican policy. One said: “What he is not saying is that this is a change in institutional thinking or that condoms are a solution to HIV/Aids.” | |
| Church | The Sentinel November 22, 2010 |
| The Diocese of Toronto’s same-sex blessings guidelines published last week will not violate the Anglican communion’s moratorium on same-sex blessings, a letter from the Diocese’s five bishops to their clergy clams. While the ceremony will acknowledge God’s blessings upon the couple, the Toronto rite will impart no legal or ecclesial recognition of the same-sex couple’s relationship. | |
| Church | Church of England November 12, 2010 |
| After repots warning that churchgoing is on a downward spiral, the latest statistics from various denominations clearly show stability and signs of growth. | |
| Church | Evangelicals Now November 2010 |
| Pope Benedict XVI, has formally crated a new Vatican office to revive Christianity in Europe, his latest attempt to counter secular trends in traditionally Christian countries. In yesterday’s decree he said the new Pontifical Council for the New Evangelisation would promote church doctrine, use the media to get the church’s message out and mobilise missionary activities. But so far it has only been issued in Latin and Italian. | |
| Church | The Sentinel October 13, 2010 |
| New statistics claim that church attendance in the Church of England is no longer in decline. Figures produced by Christian Research found that throughout 2008 1.67m people attended each month only a few thousand down form 1.71m in 2001. Meanwhile, figures for the Catholic Church in England and Wales found that decline in Mass attendance levelled out in 2005 and have stabilized since. Compared to the 915,556 people attending church each week in 2007 there are now 918,844 turning up. The Baptist Union has also seen attendance rise, with 153,714 people attending per week in 2008 compared with 148,835 in 2002. The director of Christian Research, Benita Hewitt, said: “I think that church is changing. There is no doubt that midweek attendance is going up because people are not just going on Sunday mornings … we now count the average attendance in one month. “ | |
| Church | Church of England Newspaper September 24, 2010 |
| Sham weddings conducted in Lewes have undermined the sanctity of marriage, Bishop Wallace Benn has said. Commenting on the four-year sentence given to Rev Alex Brown this week for conducting around 360 sham weddings, the Bishop of Lewes said that many people had been affected by the rogue priest’s behaviour. But the Church of England has been criticised for being too slow to take action on the sham weddings which happened between July 2005 and July 2006 at the Church of St Peter and St Paul; in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. The marriages were mostly between African men – who could not legally stay in the UK for any longer – and eastern European women. | |
| Church | The Church Of England Newspaper, Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| The Catholic Church has been called “deeply misogynist” and intolerant of gay people by members of a group seeking change in its ranks. Organisers of Catholic Voices for Reform want to see an “open discussion” on issues such as women’s ordination and clerical celibacy. The group plans to deliver questions to the Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols and the Vatican’s Ambassador to the UK to pass to Pope Benedict, when he visits Britain next week. | |
| Church | The Sentinel, Wednesday, September 8, 2010 |
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