The asbury revival

While attendance at most churches has been in decline for many decades, a recent trend reversing this trajectory is emerging – that of attending evensong. Evensong (‘choral vespers’ if associated with

The institution that was the very quintessence of an Oxbridge college is in grave danger of disappearing

It was supposedly a ‘true family,’ yet behind the Jesus Fellowship lay dark secrets. As a new documentary shines a light on what happened in this UK based ‘church,’ Closer speaks to one of the women who was abused…

FT has covered these a number of times, with one of the earliest and most disastrous examples taking place in Hammersmith in 1804 (see FT296:42-45, 310:30-35, 452:16-18). Then a semi-rural village on

In June I was saddened to learn from the Bucks Free Press that Missenden Abbey in Buckinghamshire is set to close. This fine gothic-style house set in picturesque parkland is a pearl formed by an accr

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