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  • Baroness Twycross Grimsby Minster 2
    Opinion

    I’m pledging £92m to keep church roofs watertight and doors wide open

    2026-05-26T15:40:00Z

    Across the country, churches of all shapes and sizes are providing vital community services, says Baroness Twycross. But for many, the financial burden of maintaining their buildings is creating a crisis. She hopes that the government’s new Places of Worship Renewal Fund will help ease the pressure

  • 2026-02-17T112634Z_1552875417_MT1SOPA000OHBKUM_RTRMADP_3_SOPA
    Opinion

    Want to stop churches becoming mosques? Go worship in them

    2026-03-09T14:21:00Z

    Reform UK has pledged to stop churches being turned into mosques. But this isn’t a hostile takeover, says Andy Kind. If we want church buildings to remain places of Christian worship, we just need to make sure Christians go to them

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    Magazine Features

    Is kindness killing the Church?

    2023-04-12T14:11:00Z

    When doctrinal disputes arise it's easy to politely agree to disagree. But Dr Hugh Osgood believes such "kindness" is detrimental to the health of the Church. We need to start listening to one another, he says, because each denomination has something valuable to offer. Let's trust that the unity of the Spirit will undergird us, even in the toughest of conversations