The Church Times Podcast

This week we hear from the Archbishop of Canterbury about this year's Thy Kingdom Come Pentecost prayer movement, and we discuss what role non-English-speaking congregations play in the C of E. Then, we speak to Andrew Davison about this month's Church Times reading groups book - The Case for Working With Your Hands by Matthew Crawford.

This week, we talk about the reactions to the Manchester bombing, and the role that faith communities have played in bringing people together. We also look at the Church Commissioners' annual results. Plus, Paul Vallely talks to Ed Thornton about why the election is shaping up to be about much more than just Brexit.

This week, we unpack what Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn, and Tim Farron have written exclusively for the Church Times on international aid, and we hear about a possible breakthrough in early Christian history. Plus, Stephen Bullivant discusses his new research on a possible end to church decline and those who tell pollsters their religion is 'none'.

This week we look in depth at the consecration of a conservative Evangelical curate at Jesmond Parish Church in Newcastle and discuss the Archbishops' insistence their election letter was not a shift to the right. Also, Justin Thacker talks to us about his new book on a fresh theological perspective on poverty.

This week we discuss how many (or how few) refugees the Government will now bring into Britain, the Archbishop of Canterbury's trip to the Holy Land, and Pope Francis's strong words in Egypt. Plus, we speak to the Revd Dave Tomlinson about his new book aimed at those on the margins of faith and organised religion

This week we discuss competing claims over whether scores of cathedrals are about to go bust, bombs versus aid in Afghanistan, and what US bishops are doing about gun violence. Plus, Nick Spencer from Theos on how politicians do, or don't do, God.

This week we discuss into the ever-growing phenomenon of HTB church planting and what it means for the rest of the C of E, and look into how faith might come up in the snap general election. We also speak to Church Times cartoonist Dave Walker to find out just how he comes up with his ideas.

This week we speak to the historian Peter Stanford about his new book - published exactly 500 years after the Reformation began - a biography of Martin Luther.

This week we discuss the gas attack in Syria and the United States's retaliation, sweeping changes to religious broadcasting at the BBC, and the Westminster Abbey service of hope after the terror attack. Also, we speak to Joe Ware from Christian Aid to hear how churches can fight back to defend the international aid budget.

This week we discuss the Church's place in Europe now Brexit has finally started, the deepening row over who will be the next Bishop of Llandaff, and we get the inside story on how you get selected for ordination training.

This week we discuss at the latest in the row over Jeffrey John and the new Bishop of Llandaff, how bishops got caught up in Wednesday's terror attack in Parliament, and where animals fit into the Kingdom of God. Then, we speak with the poet and priest Malcolm Guite about his new book exploring the faith of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.