God can bring life to dying churches – Pioneer leader

God is the one who can bring new life to desolate places, including seemingly dead churches, says the leader of the Pioneer network of churches. Billy Kennedy told church planters in Bath today that his network had...

Churches urged to rise up in faith

Queues formed outside Windsor Castle as 800 delegates packed the nearby Windsor Parish Church for the annual G12 Europe Conference held from the 30 October to 1 November. More than 300 people who tried to sign up...

Work gets underway on first Oxfordshire church this century

Work has started on the first new church to be built in Oxfordshire this century. A ground breaking ceremony was held last month on the site of Emmanuel Church in Bicester’s Bure Park. Those present included...

Church planting brings church leaders together

Church leaders from a broad range of backgrounds are uniting to create Mission21, the UK’s largest church planting gathering. More than 400 people are expected to attend this event which will take place in Bath in...

More than half a million people to be invited ‘Back to Church’

Churchgoers around the world are set to personally invite more than half a million people to church services on Back to Church Sunday. The event will be one of the largest ecumenical evangelism events staged across...

Recession leading more Irish to church

Catholic churches in Ireland are seeing attendance at Mass rise as much as 30 per cent all over the country in what some see as a response to the desperate times brought on by the economic crisis. Bishop Joseph Duffy...