Back in 1980, 5,201,300 people, representing 11.1% of the UK population attended church on Sundays. In 2005, this figure had dropped to 3,166,200 accounting for 6.3% of the population. Fast-forward to the present day and it is predicted that in 2015, just 2,081,500 people will attend church on a Sunday – just 5% of the […]
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On the 26th January 2015, Libby Lane became the Church of England’s first female bishop after being consecrated at a ceremony in York. Here we’ll take a closer look at the life of Libby Lane and her achievements to date. Who is Libby Lane? Elizabeth Jane Holden, known as ‘Libby’ Lane was born in 1966. […]
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In the first of our Real Revs films we introduce Rev Rob Parker-McGee. Father Rob is the Priest-in-Charge of St Mary’s Church in the village of Geddington, Northamptonshire. As a rural parish the church sits at the heart of civic life and Rob talks about the challenges of ministering to a growing population with diverse […]
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We are excited to launch a new campaign this summer called ‘Real Revs’. We will be following a number of UK-based clergy during 2014, showing the incredible work that Churches do every day throughout the UK. We will spend two days filming each of our volunteers, and each day we will follow the volunteers as […]
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