The Revd Christopher Gray was stabbed to death near the entrance of his vicarage in Anfield, Liverpool, on 13 August. His attacker had been visiting Mr Gray for advice and counselling and had an appointment. The assailant fled the scene in a stolen car but was later arrested.
02 September 1996
Mission agencies in England now face increased financial difficulties owing to changes in the Church of England's pension arrangements.
02 September 1996
The nursery class at St Luke's Church of England School in Wolverhampton was attacked by a man on Monday 8 July. Children in the area had been invited to attend a "teddy bears' picnic" party at the school.
26 July 1996
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr George Carey, has asked the Dean of Lincoln Cathedral, the Very Revd Dr Brandon Jackson, and Canon Rex Davis, the Sub-Dean, to resign following years of bitter and public feuding.
26 July 1996
Church leaders have failed to soften the British Government's Asylum and Immigration Bill. Despite an amendment passed in the House of Lords on 1 July with the backing of several bishops to soften the bill, this amendment was overturned by the House of Commons.
26 July 1996
The UK's leading overseas aid and environmental agencies have formed a new alliance in a new campaign to support overseas aid. They launched a `Manifesto for Aid' in July which has attracted the support from a powerful alliance of business, the medical establishment, trade unions and academic.
26 July 1996
An Anglican/Methodist Group co-chaired by the Bishop of Grimsby, the Rt Revd David Tustin, and the Secretary of the Methodist Conference, the Revd Brian Beck, have recommended that a new unity scheme for the two Churches should be attempted.
26 July 1996
A foundation, with support from the British royal family, has been established to help save some of Christianity's most precious manuscripts.
02 July 1996
A recent meeting in London claimed that discrimination against women priests is rife in the Church of England. Those attending the meeting discussed the possibility of reactivating the former Movement for the Ordination of Women.
02 July 1996
Massive damage was done to Manchester Cathedral on 15 June when a bomb went off in the city centre. The bomb was planted in a lorry outside the Arndale Centre shopping centre by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). More than 200 people were injured.
02 July 1996