Church of England attendance remains below pre-pandemic levels despite slight rise in 2023
The Church of England has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels of attendance despite a slight rise in last year, new data published Monday shows.

The Church of England has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels of attendance despite a slight rise in last year, new data published Monday shows.
The Christian Institute has threatened to take legal action against the Scottish government if proposals to ban conversion therapy trample on religious freedom, parental rights and free speech.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the Scottish Parliament on Monday to protest new hate crime laws that critics have called a danger to free speech and civil liberties.
Christians are at risk of being branded "extremists" under the government's new definition of extremism published this week, a campaign group has warned.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has publicly apologized after refusing to meet a pastor from Bethlehem during his visit to the United Kingdom.
There have been appeals for prayer after 15 Christians were killed in an attack during a church service in Burkina Faso on Sunday.
The Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) has condemned antisemitic attacks on Leeds University campus that have forced a Jewish chaplain and his family into hiding.
A Christian preacher has been found guilty of breaching an abortion clinic buffer zone after holding up a sign showing a Bible verse.
The Metropolitan Police have apologized after a Christian singer was wrongly told that she was not allowed to sing church songs on London's Oxford Street.
Granting permission for her legal challenge to move forward, Lady Justice Elisabeth Laing said "all the grounds of appeal are arguable with reasonable prospects of success."