Estate agents are not easily given to understatement. And so it proves as Toby Downes, a 30-something Savills negotiator charged with selling a church conversion in London’s affluent Chelsea, says: ‘We’re looking for a visionary buyer, frankly.’ Yes, indeed. And this particular visionary will need to come up with £19.5million — plus a further £2million … Read more
Church of England warns it may cut number of paid clergy by up to 20% amid fears a FIFTH of worshippers may never return after pandemic Leaked internal document warned most dioceses intend to ‘prune’ their numbers Financial subsidies given to 5,000 loss-making parishes also called into question It comes after new Archbishop of York … Read more
The clapboard walls have been painted white and the door is a bright, lacquered red. Sitting on the edge of town, surrounded by virgin snow, Murdock, Minnesota’s Old Lutheran Church is candy-box perfect. But it is not at all as it seems in this small Midwestern town, because the church in its midst is a … Read more
Boasting a magnificent Tudor dining-hall, it was perhaps inevitable that Christ Church, Oxford’s grandest college, would feature in the first Harry Potter film. But life at the college has not, alas, proved a wizard experience for its development director, Mark Coote. He has, I can disclose, abruptly resigned after little more than three years in … Read more
Pia Miller appears to visit a Hillsong Church in Sydney as she prepares to marry multi-millionaire Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:53 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 18 January 2021 She is preparing to marry multi-millionaire Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell. And on Monday, Pia Miller, … Read more
One of Gwen Stefani’s biggest spiritual hurdles to marrying Blake Shelton has finally been cleared, with the singer granted an annulment to her first marriage. The 51-year-old singer was married to Bush singer Gavin Rossdale from 2002 to 2015, with the couple sharing three kids, Kingston, 14, Zuma, 12 and Apollo, 6. Stefani is also … Read more
Greece’s Orthodox church is telling priests to IGNORE a week-long lockdown of places of worship imposed to bring down Covid rates before children go back to school Greece’s Orthodox church is rebelling against a government order to briefly close places of worship The conservative church is directing priests to admit worshippers into services The Holy … Read more
Covid police swoop on fashion designer’s church group meeting with four friends in her garden Wendy house after curtain twitchers alerted officers Sylvia Young, 60, hosted meeting last Sunday in Greenwich, south-east London Couturier was told by two uniformed Met officers nothing serious was amiss She said: ‘It was pretty frightening to have the police … Read more
Justin Bieber is studying to become a minister according to OK! Magazine. The Purpose pop star, who has credited Hillsong Church for pulling him out of his most ‘dark’ times, is reportedly interested in taking a leadership role at the church following the controversial exit of pastor/former mentor Carl Lentz, 42. Following Lentz’s exit for … Read more
Jake Quickenden’s girlfriend Sophie Church shows off her baby bump as she reaches 30 week milestone… after his ex Danielle Fogarty announced she was expecting first child By Eve Buckland For Mailonline Published: 12:45 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 12:45 GMT, 27 December 2020 Jake Quickenden’s pregnant girlfriend Sophie Church showed off her baby … Read more