News & Stories


Congregations of St Andrew's, Jarrom Street and Leicester Filipino Chaplaincy join in worship together

13th December 2021

Sunday 5 December saw an exciting step taken in the growing relationship between the congregations of St Andrew's, Jarrom Street and the Filipino Chaplaincy in Leicester.


Next Suffragan Bishop of Loughborough Announced

12th November 2021

The Revd Saju Muthalaly will start work here in the spring


Join our Race Matters Webinar a year on from George Floyd's murder

11th May 2021

Bishop Martyn talks to the author of Ghost Ship: Institutional racism and the Church of England.


#2 Intercultural Worshipping Communities - Shaped By God Together Strategic Priorities

27th April 2021

In his latest weekly video Bishop Martyn makes a personal plea to local worshipping communities to reach out to people who are different to ourselves, to serve, learn and explore together what God is asking and what it is to be truly intercultural.


Our Racial Equity Strategy is published as the Church of England shares its action plan to tackle institutional racism

22nd April 2021

The national Church's Anti-Racism Taskforce report is published and our own diocese's Racial Equity Strategy


Bishop Martyn speaks about the CofE's Anti-Racism Report as we share more about our Diocesan Racial Equity Strategy

19th April 2021

Bishop Martyn has spoken about the publication of the Anti-Racism Taskforce Report due out this week


Paul-Gordon Chandler consecrated as new Bishop of Wyoming

15th February 2021

On Saturday, 13 February, the Revd Canon Paul-Gordon Chandler was consecrated as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Wyoming in a service which was streamed online. The Diocese of Wyoming is one of our international link dioceses.


National CofE online service features our links with overseas dioceses

16th November 2020

Our links with overseas dioceses have been established over many years and we have tried to develop a mutually supportive partnership - these were featured in the


Black History Month at Roots IWC

2nd November 2020

Over 30 people attended a special Black History Month service hosted by the Roots intercultural worshipping community last week. The celebration service was to mark Black History Month, which has been observed in the UK since 1987.


Leicester's BAME Mission and Ministry Enabler joins the Anti-Racism Taskforce

14th October 2020

Lusa joins the new group which will recommend urgent to improve the Church's record on racial justice and equality

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