All Christian festival articles
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Opinion
5 ways to avoid the post-festival blues
As the Christian festival season draws to a close, Emma Fowle reflects on how to keep those fires of faith burning bright when you return to the real world of work, school, laundry and normal, everyday church
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Magazine Features
50 years of Greenbelt: Christianity’s most controversial festival
As the unique Christian festival celebrates its 50th birthday, Derek Walker looks back at the event’s most memorable moments
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Opinion
5 surprising spiritual lessons from taking my family to Glastonbury
Despite loving live music and a good party, Emma Fowle had always been reticent about attending a large-scale secular music festival. But when she finally took the plunge – aged 46 and with her two teenage daughters - she was unprepared to be so deeply impacted
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Opinion
The true meaning of Epiphany is Christ’s call to give him everything
As Christmastide draws to an end, George Pitcher reminds us of the latent hope celebrated in the Christian festival of Epiphany, and challenges us all to bring something to the party
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Opinion
Some think Greenbelt festival isn’t Christian enough – I disagree
Prominent atheist Richard Dawkins was platformed along with a distinctly un-Christian comedy and music line-up
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Opinion
Salvation, healing, and life-changing moments: Thank God that summer festivals are back
484 young people responded to the gospel at this year’s Limitless festival. But even more phenomenal than what happens at Christian festivals is what comes after them, says Tim Alford
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Magazine Features
Together Again: 3 leaders explain how their Christian festivals survived the pandemic
The past two years have seen many Christian gatherings moved online, scaled back or simply not taking place at all. Emma Fowle asks three festival organisers how they survived the pandemic and why they still believe God uses large events so powerfully
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Interviews
Maverick City’s Dante Bowe: ‘Being famous for being a Christian is ridiculous’
Ahead of his UK debut at Big Church Day Out, the trailblazing worship leader and fashion model talks to us about breaking boundaries, hearing from God and why he’s ‘traumatised’ by the thought of being a Christian celebrity
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Regular Columnists
Greenbelt Festival sits on the fringes of faith. That’s why I love it
Pussy Riot would never have performed at the Christian festivals I attended as a teenager, nor would they ever have been invited. But when it was announced that the Russian feminist punk rock band would be the artists in residence at Greenbelt 2018, it felt apt. My ...