Charlene Winkel

Thousands brave rain for 39th Greenbelt Festival

This weekend the arts, faith and justice Greenbelt Festival celebrated its 39th anniversary on the at the Cheltenham race course. Despite the pouring rain, around 20,000 people from all over the world and across every age group made their way to the festival to engage in talks, art workshops, worship sessions and literary readings.

Praying and working to end human trafficking

Slavery didn't end hundreds of years ago. It continues today in the form of human trafficking and Christians are working and praying to end it.

Searching for love online

Some Christians are turning to the internet to help them find love, but it might not be everyone's cup of tea

Self esteem: Do we have confidence in Christ?

Christian women also worry about being attractive - but the men in the church wish they wouldn't

A new dream in Belfast's historic Titanic Quarter

The Titanic was called the “ship of dreams”. A hundred years after it sank, a church in the Belfast dock where the great ship was built has a new dream for a boat that will bring people together and give them new life.

Trusting God in the absence of work
Trusting God in the absence of work

Young Christians in the UK are keeping a positive outlook in spite of the bleak job prospects

Hoping for spring in Eritrea

Ruta is settled in the UK now but she longs for the day that change will come for Christians in her native Eritrea

Fighting sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Christians are helping soldiers and civilians end the horrific cycle of sexual violence in the DRC

The stigma of rape

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, many victims of rape are still treated as the criminals

Being the Christian among the non-Christians

Even after all these years, ‘revealing my true self’ has not become much easier

Single and lonely

The holiday season can be a distressing time for Christian singles that intensifies their feelings of loneliness