Peter Crumpler
Church recruits journalist to boost local news
An Anglican church in Kent, south-east England, is taking the 'revolutionary' step of employing a full-time journalist to report on community and church-based news.
Pandemic 'transforms the Church into Netflix'
The Covid-19 pandemic has "propelled the Church into the contemporary world," says a new report from CPAS, an Anglican evangelical mission agency working with UK and Irish churches.
Longing for a return to church
I realise, after yet another Zoom call or YouTube viewing, that the technology â wonderful though it is â is making me yearn increasingly for the real church experience.
Are churches soon to lose a friend in the media?
Local and regional media, which have often given churches their best coverage, are in crisis.
Christian journalist defends role of the media in the pandemic
ITV News journalist and producer Julie Etchingham has defended the role of the media during the coronavirus pandemic.
In this time of self-isolation, you can still take time to go on a 'lockdown pilgrimage'
It may be a short pilgrimage of less than a mile, but in these uncharted times, it's just as significant.
Blessed are the truth-tellers
Now is the time for truth and accuracy to be at the centre of all our communications.
Is the Church playing 'catch up' on the climate crisis?
Given that both Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace were founded nearly 50 years ago, is the Church â and many Christians â now playing 'catch up' on an issue that environmentalists have been highlighting for half a century?
Will Christians miss the BBC when it's gone?
Here are four reasons why Christians, and other people of faith, should stand alongside the BBC as it seeks to steer a positive course into the future.
The bishop braving the Brexit divide
It's a brave church leader that ventures into Brexit territory. The debate over the UK leaving the European Union has split political parties, local communities and families.
Spending Christmas with the new Archbishop
The former communications director of the Church of England, Peter Crumpler, has only good things to say about the new Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, and what he's learned from his Advent reflection, "Do Nothing Christmas is Coming".
Four things 'Inflatable Jesus' taught me
I found him on sale in my local High Street, strategically placed among other Christmas gifts.
Truth and trust in a climate of fake news and disinformation
While claims of fake news and disinformation continue to be made and countered, voters are searching for truth and integrity in a sea of spending promises and party political claims.
The vital questions digital Christians need to be asking themselves
It's not often the Church of England is ahead of society trends â but 20 years ago it was already warning about fake news on the internet.
Fifty years of struggling to communicate
Half a century separates two powerful books on church communications. Yet both have a similar message. So has the church just not been listening to what its communicators have been telling it?
What's the future for journalism â and do churches have a role to play?
How will quality journalism be funded when most advertising revenue has gone to the big technology companies.