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Life in Bethlehem under Israeli occupation

What's it like to be Christian at Christmas in Jesus' birthplace now the majority population are Muslim? Or spending three hours each morning passing through a checkpoint? Find out from someone...

Change the world in an hour

We Are What We Do first hit public consciousness with Change the World for a Fiver and then the I'm Not a Plastic Bag bag. Hear a co-founder share her thoughts on why the organisation has been so...

How an Irishman from Scotland brought Christianity to England

St Aidan inspired a model of mission that works at every level of society, crossing deep cultural barriers. His followers ‘lived as they taught'. Can we? Gavin Wakefield was, until recently,...

Homosexuality: What the Bible says & why it matters

Debates about homosexuality are based on what people think the Bible says about the subject – but is what we've been taught really what the Bible says? Gene Robinson Beginnings are important....

Living the gospel of peace

Is it possible to change systems of violence? An experienced peace campaigner who finds inspiration in the Gospel and hope in the most desperate human encounters. Diana Francis is a Quaker. She is a...

Can you be British and a Muslim

From Sharia law to extremism, British Muslims have often had a bad press, with questions being asked about whether they can ever be loyal citizens. Hear from Dilwar Hussein what British Muslims...

How can a community’s DNA be transformed?

The community life of this nation is deteriorating. The Christian message needs to break out of the churches to transform the DNA of our communities, if this downward spiral is to be reversed. Don...

gb09-31 Community & Change

There are five key components to a successful community; Aspiration, Parenting, Education, Employment and Community. David Lammy and Douglas Alexander will draw on their perspectives as politicians...

Development in a downturn

While growing global interdependence has accelerated, progress in fighting poverty, the global downturn coupled with threats from climate change and conflict could reverse this. But our very...

Clothing the naked Jesus – helping asylum seeking

Ever clothed the naked Jesus? Fed him? Given him a bed? ‘If you did it to the least… you did it to me'. Asylum seekers are bottom of the heap in the UK – come and find out how to love Jesus...
Speaker(s): Dave Smith

So what the hell should we believe?

Many people find their integrity challenged when expected to believe in a more literal interpretation of Scripture. A lot of these people find their way to Greenbelt where they feel they get a more...
Speaker(s): Dave Tomlinson

Church without borders

Dave speaks on how to create churches that are inclusive, liberating and mission-shaped. Dave Tomlinson is vicar of St Luke's in Holloway, North London, and the author of Re-Enchanting...
Speaker(s): Dave Tomlinson

Faith and politics with CSM

Why do so many Christians get involved in single-issue campaigns like debt but never do the harder work of joining a party? Why are they mostly shouting from the terraces rather than getting on the...

Turning the world upside-down: Thomas Traherne

Rescued from near oblivion by chance discoveries of lost manuscripts, this 17th-Century priest and poet is bursting with fresh appeal. Denise Inge is an Honorary Fellow in Early Modern Research at...

Spiritual Intelligence: a new way of being

We live in a spiritually dumb society, but Christian culture rarely seems much brighter. How can you rediscover your ‘spiritual intelligence' and use it to unleash your God-given...
Speaker(s): Brian Draper