Church Life

"New York Times "bestselling author Rachel Held Evans embarks on a quest to find out what it really means to be part of the Church. Like millions o...

When Christine Morgan got Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser together in a studio, all she had to do was plug them in and let them go. Th...

The annual celebrations of Plough Sunday, Rogation and Harvest are hugely important for churches serving rural communities and are a key way for th...

'Those who have already rejected Christianity are highly unlikely to be reached by traditional church. But the sceptical, the antagonistic, the ant...

As England's welfare state crumbled, local churches rushed into community involvement. It was there, as Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has...

All Things Anglican offers a lively and accessible introduction to Anglicanism for anyone wanting to know what makes it distinctive. Whether you ar...

Full of sensitive pastoral advice and shot through with arresting and illuminating theological insights, Rowan Williams' new book explores the mean...

Hilda was born into a pagan, Anglo-Saxon family in the province of Deira (land to the north of the Humber) in 614, and her early life was to witnes...

Holy Habits is an initiative to nurture Christian discipleship. It explores Luke's model of church found in Acts 2:42-47, identifies ten habits and...

'47% of visitors will immediately disregard a church if the website design is poor. Money spent on a church website doesn't belong in the administr...

Spiritual abuse - the abuse of power by those in positions of trust within religious bodies - is widespread but under-recognised. It is not easy to...

The church has an image problem.It is widely viewed in the world at large as being outdated, boring, irrelevant and filled with backbiting hypocrit...

A core resource for anyone involved in spiritual mentoring, Mentoring Conversations provides a basis for spiritual conversation in a mentoring cont...

Holy Habits is an initiative to nurture Christian discipleship. It explores Luke's model of church found in Acts 2:42–47, identifies ten habits and...

Becoming a churchwarden can be a richly rewarding experience, but the role is not an easy one. This warmly written handbook will help all those con...

Spiritual direction is as old as the Christian faith. Today there is an ever growing demand for this ministry, despite the decline in membership of...

Jesus taught more often on money than He did on love or on heaven and hell combined. Why? It’s because money is one of the chief competitors for ou...

One of the sad factors of church life is that many pastors are lonely. Although some pride themselves on their independence, many long for accounta...

David Adam has been captivated by the beauty, wonder and holiness of Lindisfarne since first glimpsing its fairytale castle from the train as a you...

The recent vote on women bishops in the Church of England remains significant as it is about far more than whether or not women should exercise a p...

This accessible and informative guide sets out in the simplest and most direct terms what being a PCC member entails. It answers the following ques...

"Of all Christian pilgrimage destinations, the Holy Land must surely be the most desired. For 2000 years pilgrims have gone in a long procession in...

Most of us think that theology is what you do if you haven't got a life. At best, we think it needs to be practical to be of any use. But theology ...