Good food, good music, traditional liturgy and sound preaching: a recipe for church growth

Jan 26, 2022 by

by Archbishop Cranmer: Attendance at the monthly Choral Evensong at St Paul’s Without the Walls in Canterbury had fallen to just one, while the choir numbered a respectable 18. And when this lone congregant was down on the rota to read...

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Celebrating 50 years

Jan 4, 2022 by

from The Prayer Book Society: The Prayer Book Society has been keeping the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) at the heart of the worship in the Church of England for 50 years. As we start our celebrations to mark the milestone, the Society and...

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PBS videos aid University’s Explore Project

Dec 2, 2021 by

from The Prayer Book Society: Videos of the services of the Book of Common Prayer on the PBS website are to be used in a new, national project run by the University of York. The ‘Explore’ project will provide churches across the country...

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Terry Waite: ‘I don’t know how I survived captivity, but I did’

Nov 22, 2021 by

from BBC News: Thirty years after Terry Waite was released from nearly five years of captivity in Beirut, he said he survived by “keeping hope alive”. The Archbishop of Canterbury’s envoy went to Lebanon in 1987 to...

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Time For the Avoiding of Diversities of Opinions

Aug 14, 2021 by

from English Churchman: At the time of the English Reformation, it was evident that there needed to be a clear codification of what were and were not the essential biblical doctrines that would be beyond discussion in the reformed Church...

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Interview with Peter Hitchens

Mar 14, 2021 by

from English Churchman: For decades, Peter Hitchens has been a very public figure.  He’s a journalist, columnist, TV commentator, former Marxist, and always clearly spoken and quotable. The English Churchman interviewed him on his public...

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