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Festivals prove popular, despite the rain NUMBERS held up at this year’s Greenbelt festival, staged over the Bank Holiday weekend, despite anxiety about the weather. Subscriber only	Diary sheds new light on the Wesleys THE JOURNAL of Charles Wesley has been transcribed by the Revd Professor Kenneth Newport, Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Liverpool Hope University. Subscriber only	Guide urges churches to cut floodlights CHURCHES that are floodlit are being asked to consider reducing the number of nights they are illuminated, in the interests of tackling climate change... Subscriber only

Lambeth exceeded expectations, Dr Williams reports THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has offered further personal reflections on the Lambeth Conference, saying he believes that the ten-yearly meeting was successful... Subscriber only	Mayhem in Orissa as Hindu extremists target Christians A NUN was burned to death on Monday in a series of attacks by Hindu extremists on Christians in eastern India. Subscriber only	Russia ‘threatens world order’ says Georgian RUSSIA’S military intervention in Georgia “is a threat to the whole world order”, Archbishop Malkhaz Songulashvili of the Georgian Evangelical Baptist... Subscriber only

Ingham property move NEW WESTMINSTER diocese has taken steps to remove from parish property clergy who have left the Anglican Church of Canada. Subscriber only	Philippines descends into civil conflict EVENTS in the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines have worsened over the past week. Subscriber only	Rome not Iker’s plan, after all THE Bishop of Fort Worth has publicly stated that the four priests who approached the local Roman Catholic bishop with proposals for full communion with... Subscriber only

Five-year plan for healing in Kenya by Pat Ashworth Subscriber only	Before Dr Rice returns, Gaza gets a fillip TWO events have boosted Palestinian morale in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Subscriber only	News in brief Dr Selby warns over prisons; Child poverty target threatened Subscriber only

Popularity of RS exam grows More school students than ever before — nearly half a million — took public examinations in religious studies (RS) this year. Subscriber only	League-table success for CE schools LEAGUE TABLES based on this month’s GCSE and A-level results showed Church of England schools performing well. Subscriber only	Warnings over sham weddings FOREIGNERS are using a loophole in the marriage laws as they apply for church weddings to gain the right of abode in the UK. Subscriber only

Out of his niche Stonemasons are hoping to restore a six-foot sandstone figure of St Methodius. Subscriber only

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