A weekly newsletter about the church - what it's doing right, what's going wrong, and what might happen next - from a churchgoing journalist
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Once more into the breach
Hello! Our first story today is about a church in Sunderland who wanted to make a point about their trans-inclusive policy in the face of government and legal pushback, and got their vicar into quite a lot of hot water with their own PCC (l...
The soul of our nation
Hello! Only time for one main story this week, but we’re trying to draw together some different threads over the past few weeks, months and years which have culminated in the violent unrest this week following revelations about a racially-c...
Half-empty or half-full?
Hello! Our first story today is about some interesting new data points in the ongoing conversation about church growth (or indeed, decline) in Britain. The C of E’s numbers are up, but is the gold-standard British Social Attitudes survey te...
Jesus was a Jew
Hello! Our first story is about the shocking wave of antisemitic attacks in the UK in recent months, and how British church leaders are trying to stand with their Jewish friends and neighbours, despite some disagreements.
Then we check in...
Blurred lines
C of E safeguarding might be better than we thought but still wrestling with mission creep, while a Cornish church reorganisation draws attention from far and wide
Hello! Our first story is about safeguarding in the Church of England. Plus...
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