A near doubling of acute suicide calls this summer
The Church’s SOS says that they have almost twice as many acute suicide calls this summer, compared to last summer. The Church’s SOS service has…
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Empty church pews at Easter celebration
Although Palm Sunday is a feast-day in Christianity, the church pews are empty as a result of the ongoing corona pandemic. Norwegian churches have recently…
16 percent more attend Sunday Service in Kristiansand
While the trend in the rest of the country is fewer are attending church on Sunday than before, things are going the opposite way in…
More choose to marry away from the church
Twenty years ago, over half of all wedding ceremonies took place in the Norwegian Church. Now, only one in three people choose the church when…
The Church Council aims for ethical regulations for flights
The Church Council is preparing an ethical code to cut the use air travel for its employees. It has submitted a proposal for new guidelines…
Division over lesbian Baptist Church council
Division over lesbian Baptist Church council member The Baptist Church in Bærum is threatened with exclusion from the Norwegian Baptist Union after electing a married,…
Obtaining overview of Norwegians in Sri Lanka
UD is obtaining an overview of Norwegians in Sri Lanka Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ine Eriksen Søreide (Conservatives), describes the attacks on Sri Lanka…
The church meets climate requirement criticism from its own
The Norwegian Church recently released a climate statement that said “Now it burns!” But they received criticism from their own for not doing enough for…
Woodpeckers damaging church to be shot
Permit issued to shoot woodpeckers damaging church in Elverum Woodpeckers interfere with funerals, and have recently made between 20 and 30 holes in the Elverum…
Maren Ueland interred at Time Church
A crowded Time church in Jæren took a final farewell with Maren Ueland, the 28-year-old student who was killed in Morocco before Christmas. Among those…
Over 12,000 people left the Church last year
Every month last year, on average, more than 1,000 people resigned from the Norwegian Church, but for the Church the tendency is positive. The number…
Critical to Church Asylum at Hønefoss
Representative critical to Church Asylum at Hønefoss Local elected representative in The Norwegian Church, Peder Gjerdrum, is critical of the fact that the family, that…
SOS line with 3,000 calls during Christmas
The Church’s SOS line has had over 3,000 conversations during Christmas Christmas presents challenges for many and the need to talk to someone is great….
6 per cent more members outside the church
6 per cent increase in members outside the Norwegian Church The number of members of religious and religious communities outside the Norwegian Church increased by…
Vicar caught drink driving
A priest in Østfold has been convicted by Frederikstad District Court for drink-driving after he was caught out on his way to a Confirmation Service….
Church strike will only affect Oslo
A Church strike will only affect Oslo for now There will be a strike in the Norwegian Church from Wednesday morning if the mediation does…
Every fourth gay marriage last year took place in a church
A quarter of the 333 gay and lesbian couples who got married last year did it in the Norwegian Church. Gay and lesbian couples…
The British will use church spires to improve mobile and web signals
The British government has entered into an agreement with the Church of England to use church spires to reinforce mobile and web signals. “This agreement…
91 gay couples married in church
In 2017, since the Church gave approval for gay couples to be married in the Norwegian Church, 91 couples were married. 39 of the…
Decline in numbers leaving the Church Diocese
Less than half the amount of people cancelled their membership from the Norwegian Church last year compared with 2016, new numbers show. Last year,…
