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Peter Crumpler
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Abbey's 'black Jesus' stirs up a storm – but is that so bad?
A large-scale painting of the Last Supper depicting Jesus as a black man has sparked controversy and heated debate in the UK and around the world. I reckon that's no bad thing. In fact, it could be really positive.
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London 'more religious than the rest of the country', says new report
The report 'Religious London' released this week, shows that Londoners are significantly more religious than people living elsewhere in Britain, and the capital's Christians are far more ethnically diverse.
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When Christ stood in Trafalgar Square
There, with London's traffic rushing by, pigeons coming in to land, and tourists snapping photographs of each other, Christ stood unobtrusively. Standing, you could say, at the door of our consciousness, and asking to be let in.
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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.
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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.
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Longing for a return to church
I realise, after yet another Zoom call or YouTube viewing, that the technology – wonderful though it is – is making me yearn increasingly for the real church experience.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Blessed are the truth-tellers
Now is the time for truth and accuracy to be at the centre of all our communications.
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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 – and many Christians – now playing 'catch up' on an issue that environmentalists have been highlighting for half a century?
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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.
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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.
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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".
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Four things 'Inflatable Jesus' taught me
I found him on sale in my local High Street, strategically placed among other Christmas gifts.
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