Church Times
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Type | Weekly newspaper |
Format | Tabloid |
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Owner | Hymns Ancient and Modern |
Publisher | GJ Palmer & Sons Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hymns Ancient and Modern |
Editor | Paul Handley |
Founded | 1863 |
Political allegiance | Church of England / Anglican Communion |
Language | English |
Price | £1.10 |
Headquarters | 13-17 Long Lane, London EC1A 9PN |
ISSN | 0009-658X |
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Website: http://www.churchtimes.co.uk |
The Church Times is the world's leading Anglican weekly newspaper. It is published in the UK on Fridays.
The Church Times was founded in 1863 to campaign for Anglo-Catholic principles and has always been independent of the Church of England hierarchy. It was a family concern (G. J. Palmer & Sons Ltd) until 1989, when ownership passed to Hymns Ancient and Modern, a Christian charitable trust. Since the 1940s and '50s the paper has become less specifically Anglo-Catholic and broader in both its outlook and coverage. It is popularly nicknamed "Jezebel's Trumpet." [1]