“We aren’t freaks who don’t have fun”: UK churches navigate Britain’s drinking culture
CHARISSA CHEONG looks at how UK churches and Christian ministries are engaging with people who prefer the pub over the church as well as those who need support as they battle alcohol addiction…
In Australia, New South Wales allows as many people in churches as pubs
Sydney, AustraliaAP An Australian state government has announced that as many people will be allowed in churches as in pubs after an archbishop complained of unfair pandemic rules. Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher on Thursday encouraged Catholics to sign a petition calling on the New South Wales government to treat churches the same as pubs by […]
Last orders? How Britain’s community pubs are fighting to survive the coronavirus crisis
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A pub in rural England was filling up with its usual after work crowd when Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered all pubs and restaurants to close to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, prompting locals to flock in and place their last orders. Within a few days, The Abingdon Arms […]