A group of Shropshire villagers has travelled in convoy to deliver a petition to the Diocese of Lichfield, as part of its ...

Sources have been reporting that C of E leaders put the kibosh on NA Eucharist wine and GF bread or wafers. But there’s a ...

The Church of England has officially affirmed that non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used as substitutes ...

THE Church of England’s stance on the use of gluten-free bread and non-alcoholic wine at the eucharist had been “misinterpreted”, the Bishop of Lichfield, Dr Michael Ipgrave, said on Monday afternoon.

Non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during holy communion, the governing body of the Church of England ...

With Dry January well and truly over, the Church of England has taken the opportunity to proclaim that alcohol-free wine ...

In papers published ahead of the Church's General Synod, the Church of England said that the bread must be made using wheat ...

NON-ALCOHOLIC wine cannot be used in Holy Communion, the Church of England’s governing body has ruled. Gluten-free bread has also been barred, says the General Synod, its “parliament”, which opens ...

However Michael Ipgrave, the Bishop of Lichfield and chairman of the Church's Liturgical Commission, said doing so would overturn two settled positions of the CofE. 'First, that bread made with ...

The governing body of the Church of England has ruled that non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during ...

Non-alcoholic wine and gluten-free bread cannot be used during holy communion, the governing body of the Church of England has ruled. Church guidance says the bread must be made using wheat flour and ...

Michael Ipgrave, the Bishop of Lichfield and chairman of the Church’s Liturgical Commission, said such a move would have to overturn two settled positions in the Church of England.