The Methodist Church has announced it is to be the Greenbelt festival's third major partner, flying in the face of a proposed boycott by some conservative Christian groups.

Results from a poll being released in the run up to Remembrance Sunday suggest that many British Christians want troops withdrawn from Afghanistan and an end to all UK arms exports.

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.

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.