Belfast Children’s Festival – Spark Opera bites

Spark Opera and NI Opera’s Young Artists Programme present two new short chamber operas for children -

Gay and lesbian brothers and sisters have been held in a Catch-22 : Episcopal bishop

The Episcopal bishop in Western Washington, in sharp disagreement with Roman Catholic prelates, believes that same-sex marriage is "a conservative proposal" that should be adopted "not only in our society but in our church."

Courageous beats Ides of March and Moneyball in US DVD charts

The latest Christian film to become a box office hit, Courageous, has soared to the top of the US DVD charts.

C of E senior bishop comes out in favour of gay marriage

A senior bishop has become the first openly to back gay marriage, provoking another row over an issue that has divided the Church of England.

‘Embrace Civil Partnerships’ – C of E Bishops told.

The time has come for a change in stance on Civil Partnerships is the message from pro-gay groups in the LGB&T Anglican Coalition.

Madras Christian College launches 175th anniversary celebrations

Currently, with 6,000 co-ed students in Chennai, India, Madras Christian College (MCC) is the largest of the 50 Indian members of Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC).

Faith in Health and Healing: Reintegrating the church with health services

The Anglican Health Network (AHN) yesterday announced plans for a major conference in Birmingham, UK, in April 2013.

Irish PM: We'll send an invite to Pope but only if he wants to visit

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said on Thursday that the Government would only invite the Pope to Ireland if there is an indication he is definitely going to come.

Christian Music News on BBC

Geoff Howlett  has commenced a monthly round-up of the happenings in the world of contemporary religious music and media.

Will the Church of England ever find peace?

Arguments about women bishops will dominate public proceedings of the Synod, but gay marriage is one of the burning issues behind the scenes. Martin Beckford writes in The Daily Telegraph:

Eton Choral Courses 2012 applications

The 2012 Eton Choral Courses are now accepting applications

Senior C of E bishop comes out in favour of gay marriage

A senior bishop has become the first openly to back gay marriage, provoking another row over an issue that has divided the Church of England.

Full transcript of Sentamu interview with Telegraph

The Archbishop of York has published this transcript of his interview with Martin Beckford of the Daily Telegraph.

As New Orleans still recovers, prayer teams cover one block at a time

Millie Campbell, 76 years old, is one of the people praying for New Orleans, a city still recovering from the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster and experiencing a murderous crime wave.

I'm wedded to the idea gay couples deserve equality

As 'equality' is among the prevailing values of our time, David Cameron is committed to introducing full marriage equality for homosexuals - Mary Kenny writes in The Belfast Telegraph

Connor youth leaders and volunteers event

‘Refresh the Soul,’ an evening for youth leaders and volunteers, will take place on Monday February 6 in St Polycarp’s, Finaghy.



Ecumenical fund helps small Filipino entrepreneurs

It is harvest time for strawberries in the northern Philippine town of La Trinidad, so strawberry farmer Alice Rivera will start repaying a loan extended by a Geneva-based ecumenical church loan fund. 



Church of England clergy in favour of gay ceremonies

The Church of England faced a demand from some of  its clergy yesterday over a ban on gay civic ceremonies on its premises.

Bishop of London response to clergy letter about civil partnerships

The Bishop of London in a statement yesterday regarding letter in posting above:

Boko Haram Is A Distraction – Nigerian bishop

The Anglican Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Reverend Emmanuel Chukwuma, has warned those, including Boko Haram, scheming to distract the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to retrace their steps and turn a new leaf.

Help us plant trees for carbon – Southern Africa Church

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa is inviting members of the Communion to join a carbon offset scheme here which will be see trees planted at Anglican Churches and Institutions across Southern Africa.

USA – Former Episcopalians look for new path

In an overview of the turmoil in the Anglican Mission of America, Bob Smietana in The Tennessean Newspaper, lays out the issues confronting the members of the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) as they try to regroup.

The article begins by quoting a former Episcopal priest who left to join the AMiA and who describes the present situation as "It’s sinful, it’s ugly, it’s wrong […] And it doesn’t bring honor to the name of Christ.”

Live Issue in concert in Lisburn

Country gospel band Live Issue will be taking to the stage at Harmony Hill Presbyterian Church on Saturday February 25 at 8pm for a charity concert in aid of Zimbabwe and the church.

Belfast couple's music ministry in USA

In Belfast in 1979 Paul Kyle was called to care for and teach a group of young people who became known as the Community of the King.

Diocesan Children’s Praise Party

Down & Dromore are holding diocesan wide Children’s Praise Party on Saturday 19th May with special guest Nick Harding.

Church is in midst of a paradigm shift on sexuality

Writing in the foreword of “Moving Forward Together: Homosexuality and the Church of Ireland” , Canon Ginnie Kennerley , chair of Changing Attitude Ireland, says the Bishops have done the right thing in convening the conference next month.

Gay 'marriage': why does different have to mean bad?

Distinguishing civil partnerships and marriages need not be seen in negative terms - the Opinion column in the theologically conservative “Christian Today”states.

Listening in dangerously rough waters – Catherine McGuinness

The Church of Ireland is in rough waters and the process of listening, advocated by the Bishops is paramount, Justice Catherine McGuinness writes in the preface to “Moving Forward Together - Homosexuality in The Church of Ireland”, published this week by Changing Attitude Ireland

Sentamu’s argument against gay marriage is already lost

The archbishop of York must understand we are not facing a 'dictatorship' on gay marriage but a change in popular morality, writes Andrew Brown.

York Minster protest over Archbishop Sentamu's gay marriage comment

Hundreds of people are expected to attend a protest outside York Minster against comments made by the Archbishop of York about gay marriage, a local York newspaper reports