Category - Greenbelt festival

Poll suggests many Christians take radical stand against war

Press Office — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:22:34 +0000

Results from a poll being released in the run up to Remembrance Sunday suggest that many British Christians want troops withdrawn from Afghanistan and an end to all UK arms exports.

Peacemakers bring their message to Greenbelt festival

staff writers — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:53:16 +0100

Almost 30 UK-based Christian peace organisations will come together over the August bank holiday weekend to spread their message at the Greenbelt Christian Arts Festival.

UK Christians welcome US Episcopal resolutions on gays

staff writers — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:37:14 +0100

A leading UK network of Anglicans working for the full inclusion of lesbian and gay people in the life and ministry of the church has welcomed the US Episcopal Church's affirming stance.

Anglican Mainstream comparing gay Christians with the BNP?

Jonathan Bartley — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:47:50 +0100

Dr Lisa Severine Nolland has written on the Anglican Mainstream website comparing gay Christians to the BNP.

Church group says it attends Christian arts festival to ‘evangelise’

staff writers — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:08:18 +0100

A church group has defended its presence at a Christian arts festival which welcomes lesbian and gay people, on the grounds that it can evangelise attenders.

Conservative Anglicans attack Christian arts festival

staff writers — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:50:33 +0100

A conservative pressure group within the Church of England has attacked a Christian arts and music festival for allowing gay groups and their supporters to appear and speak alongside others, calling its speaker programme "deeply discriminatory".

Roddick: Greenbelt challenged my bias against religion

staff writers — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:35:18 +0100

Speaking to the Church Times newspaper ahead of her appearance at the Greenbelt Christian arts festival back in 2004, Dame Anita Roddick - who died yesterday - declared at the time: “What’s wonderful about being my age is having to face your prejudices."

Make ethical business the norm, not a luxury

Press Office — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:41:11 +0100

Simon Barrow, co-director of the Christian think tank Ekklesia, said today that the best way to honour the memory of Anita Roddick - who died on 10 September 2007 - was to take forward the case for

Tributes pour in for ethical business pioneer Anita Roddick

staff writers — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:36:06 +0100

Tributes have been pouring in for ethical business pioneer Anita Roddick, who died on 10 September 2007 aged 64 after a major brain haemorrhage. A supporter of numerous causes, she disliked institutional religion but loved the alternative Christian arts festival Greenbelt.

Climate SOS exhibition makes an emergency call to Greenbelt festival

staff writers — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:03:33 +0100

Visitors to the Greenbelt festival will have a chance to take an unusual round-the-world tour as Christian Aid’s Climate SOS exhibition goes on show this weekend. The exhibition features villages from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the UK.