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    Stars celebrate the best in gospel music

    2024-10-28T09:07:00+00:00

    The Premier Gospel Awards capped off Gospel Heritage Month 2024 with a glittering ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London, delivering a night of celebration and recognition for the UK’s vibrant gospel music scene.

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    The photo of the Olympics: Brazillian surfer points to God

    2024-08-28T12:34:00+01:00

    The image of Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina pointing to the sky as he celebrated a 9.9 score – the best in Olympic history – has been praised as iconic.

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    Pictures: Church building raised to life again

    2024-03-21T12:04:00+00:00

    A Norwich church has celebrated the opening of its new building 18 years after the previous one mysteriously burned down. 

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    Pictures: London church transformed into immersive experience

    2024-03-04T12:35:00+00:00

    St Martin-in-the-Fields church has provided the backdrop to a new immersive sound and light experience which celebrates the natural world.

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    A rubbish campaign

    2024-01-31T14:51:00+00:00

    Every minute in sub-Saharan Africa, enough plastic waste to cover a football pitch is openly dumped or burned.

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    A cathedral of creativity

    2023-12-21T10:54:00+00:00

    There aren’t many Christian conferences where you can pour your own beer from the church-owned brewery, or meet the beekeeper in charge of the hive on the church roof. Billed as “two days of wonder”, Renaissance is designed to inspire Christians in the creative industries to encounter God in and ...

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    Christmas as you’ve never seen it before

    2023-11-27T14:35:00+00:00By

    A Church of England priest introduces her artistic re-imaginings of the first Christmas

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    Bringing home a national treasure

    2023-10-26T14:08:00+01:00

    A crowdfunding campaign has raised over half a million pounds to bring a tapestry commissioned by Henry VIII and dubbed “the birth certificate of the Church of England”, back to the UK.