What is happening across the churches
RSS for NewsOn Friday 23 October, 2026, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, hosted a private meeting of ecumenical leaders, faith-based NGOs and government officials at Lambeth Palace, to discuss the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, as the country prepares for its first elections.
With the gracious approval of His Majesty The King, The Dean and Canons of Windsor are delighted to announce that His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has become Papal Confrater of the College of St George at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. This act of confraternity represents a visible sign o
The Church of England is facing a sobering reality: Its decline is no longer just about empty pews. Instead, it could threaten the future of the institution itself. According to Church Times, two academics are sounding the alarm that the Church of England is heading toward “finan
United Methodists at the Leadership Gathering began to imagine a church that, in the best Wesleyan tradition, connects passionate evangelism with prophetic witness that disrupts the global rise of tyranny.
Leaders at Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas are hoping to lead their congregation away from The United Methodist Church and have set up a vote on the issue for Oct. 25-26.
Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in southern Jordan on Friday, killing seven people and injuring 34, according to a later police update carried by the official Petra news agency. The attack struck Hamoud Church in Karak governorate as mourners gather
An abortion-linked golden statue is headed for a St. Louis park between two churches, according to Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, who is demanding answers about the project’s placement and what she describes as a lack of public input. Hanaway raised the alarm on X,
Vice President J.D. Vance publicly embraced his Christianity at a rally in Nebraska on Thursday, where he asked the crowd to pray with him after a woman suffered a medical emergency. Vance noticed some commotion behind him and stopped speaking for several minutes. “While they’re
The Hebrew Roots Movement is a modern version of the New Testament Judaizers who were rebuked by Paul.
A motion in support of a conversion ban bill for WA was passed by the Perth Anglican Synod on the weekend. The motion:• Affirms that all people are created in the image of God and that LGBTQIA+ people in our community belong in the Body of Christ as equal friends and fellow disci
Participants at the Council of Bishops Leadership Gathering spent their second full day together moving from naming the realities facing The United Methodist Church to reflecting on ways to help it thrive.
Israel’s enemies have already brought war to its skies. Now its military is preparing for a battlefield beyond the atmosphere. The Israel Defense Forces has selected the first commander of a new Space Division, opening another front in the country’s struggle to defend itself. Def
The numbers are in, and the United Methodist Church is still shrinking. The UMC lost approximately 174,000 members in the United States in 2025, another staggering decline for a denomination already rocked by theological division, with thousands of churches departing. According t
United Methodist decline, Anglican votes and legal proceedings, and evangelical outlets turning to film, artificial intelligence and the heavens.
Following its meeting Oct. 19 in New York City, The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council shared the following letter to the church. Read prior council letters to the church here. Fall in New York City is cool, brisk, and on the move. And so was the Executive Council, working effi
‘Fjord’ challenges ‘tolerant’ progressives to reflect on their intolerance of conservative evangelical Christians.
The power behind AI is the perception of objectivity and infallibility.
ABUJA, October 20, 2026 — The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has called on its clergy, laity and the general public to remain calm and respect ongoing ecclesiastical and judicial proceedings concerning the Diocese of Awka. The statement follows recent public comments and
The Zambian government has told the court it will oppose bail for Bishop Trewvor Mwanda and the other defendants arrested with him, according to a report by the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation. The state’s decision means Bishop Mwanda will remain in custody unless the co
Lay and clergy leaders from four continents gathered in Canada and online to begin the work of praying, listening and striving for The United Methodist Church of the future. But first they had to grapple with the denomination’s realities of the present.
Myanmar’s military destroyed two churches within days of each other this month, bombing a Presbyterian church and burning a Baptist church alongside nearby homes in the latest attacks on Christian communities, according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Two military fighter jets
A coalition of faith groups, including United Methodists, has grounds to sue to curb immigration enforcement activities at houses of worship, a federal appeals court ruled.
A bizarre discovery outside an Illinois United Methodist Church has federal aviation officials searching for answers. Staff members at Noah’s Ark Christian Academy were conducting security checks Monday morning when they discovered a large piece of metal outside United Methodist
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Several years ago, Shane Claiborne joined me on my podcast to tell me where I was wrong on the death penalty. He is against it; I was for it. I told him afterward that he had “almost persuaded me,” but not qu
It was announced yesterday that the Bishop of Oswestry has been duly elected from among the Bishops Suffragan of the Province of Canterbury to membership of the General Synod of the Church of England. The Suffrgan Bishops of Dorchester, Tewkesbury, Dorking, and Stepney were also
The church was never promised permanence; it was promised the presence of God. Good morning, Executive Council. We gather today in a building that has served as the headquarters of The Episcopal Church for more than 60 years. Generations of Episcopalians have prayed, debated, dis
The Episcopal Church Executive Council convened in a regular meeting Monday, Oct. 19, at the church’s New York headquarters, where it passed resolutions to adopt The Episcopal Church’s strategic plan and authorized officers to negotiate a purchase agreement for the sale of The Ep
The 2026 General Synod elections have been the most hotly contested in recent years – a reflection of the deep divisions which sadly afflict the Church of England at this time. In this context, we are therefore greatly encouraged to have strengthened our position on the General S
One of the UK’s most senior Bishops has warned that Nigel Farage’s proposed asylum ban “betrays Britain’s proud history”. The Right Reverend Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford, told The Mirror that a plan to shut down the asylum system for five years, as proposed by th
16 October 2026 “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” Matthew 18. 20 Probably misquoting – and from memory – and certainly adding my own spin and spittle – I remember Rowan Williams once saying that the Church is ‘that bunch of women and men who hav
The Diocese of Seoul in the Anglican Church of Korea has hosted the bishops’ meeting of the Council of Churches in East Asia (CCEA). The CCEA gathers church leaders from Anglican traditions together every year, with member churches rotating the host role. This year, the meeting a
South Korea — a country that owes its entire existence to the United States — has decided to try a former ambassador from President Donald Trump’s first term on criminal defamation charges relating to comments he made about the country’s president while in the United States. Mors
The Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes (ADGL) has elected the Very Rev. Christopher M. Klukas as Bishop Coadjutor on the first ballot, following a prayerful search and election process conducted in accordance with the diocese’s Constitution and Canons and the newly adopted Custo
A day of reported violence against congregations in Myanmar sat alongside church governance disputes, court rulings and leadership gatherings on several continents.
In the last 25 years, 40 million Americans have stopped attending church—the largest religious exodus in American history. Researchers have identified many reasons for this decline, but one thread runs through them: a generation that cares deeply about the world around them does
A couple in the Netherlands euthanized their toddler. I read the headline again, sure I’d missed a keyword. I had not. A child with the same diagnosis (and similar disabilities) as my own daughter, Eliza, had died—not from natural causes or a horrific accident but by choice. Her
Donnie Wahlberg is giving glory to God after a frightening attempted takeoff left his private jet damaged but everyone aboard safe. The actor and New Kids on the Block singer was leaving Las Vegas on Sunday following a concert when the aircraft veered off a runway at Harry Reid I
Bunyan’s tale describes the walk of the Christian through this earthly life, afflicted by both external and internal destructive forces.
A Colombian pastor has reportedly been fatally beaten by members of a criminal gang with whom he was actively sharing the Gospel. The tragic killing took place in the city of Cartagena, where Jesús Alberto Puerta Pérez refused to allow the gangsters to use his motorcycle. Accordi
A reported killing in Cartagena leads a day whose other news ranged from a dispute among US Orthodox over Ukraine to a private jet that ran off a Las Vegas runway.
More than four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Orthodox communities in the United States are issuing competing claims about religious freedom in the battle-weary country. Last month, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine in New York City award
The rule of law can contribute to all the good purposes God is advancing in his world.
South Carolina Methodist churches seeking to break away from the United Methodist Church are on the cusp of winning a round in their legal battle. About 70 congregations are seeking to leave and take their property with them, according to the Christian Post. They have been oppose
Flames tore through a vacant Staten Island warehouse Saturday evening, collapsing its roof and sending burning embers into powerful winds. But nearby stood a historic church that had already survived one devastating fire and somehow escaped the flames again. According to Fox News
Nearly half a million people have disappeared from the Episcopal Church’s membership rolls in just ten years. The Episcopal Church’s recently released 2025 Parochial Report shows membership has plunged from nearly 2 million in 2015 to approximately 1.4 million in 2025. More speci
After many months of preparation, the Leadership Gathering is set to take place this week in Canada to help imagine The United Methodist Church of tomorrow. Here are answers to frequently asked questions.
An Arizona evangelist says police threatened to arrest him for sharing the gospel at a holiday festival on public streets, even telling him that a conversation about salvation would have to happen outside the event. Now David Hoffman is challenging Tucson in federal court over re
Whitney Moss’s 1 million Instagram followers tune in for her comedy sketches about Christian dating. Marcus D. Wiley jokes about discovering how much groceries cost and taking food from his parent’s pantry. Mike Goodwin amuses crowds with Southern hospitality gimmicks and tales o
‘Can Religion Save Democracy?’ is one of the first books I’d recommend to anyone who asks for an accessible retrieval of principled pluralism from a Christian and Muslim perspective.
Modern media cashes in on our fleshly appetites for sordid spectacle. But the spiritual reasons to resist voyeuristic media are clear.
