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Four major British churches have criticised government proposals for a new way of measuring child poverty in the UK, which they say masks the problem.

How does God communicate with us when words are not adequate? How can we even try to talk of God when literal language so lets us down? Mark Wakelin, President of the Methodist Conference, says that the whole point of the Christmas story is to show us that the God of Jesus Christ is disclosed in humanity, vulnerability and personalness, rather than abstract theory or proposition. Like love, this calls for a personal and social response within the life of the world.

Young people aired their views on conflict and peace, exam stress, bullying, sexuality and gender orientation at the sell-out Methodist 3Generate event.

Historians are inviting people to dig up stories about radical, dissenting Methodists in their family tree and share them on a new heritage website.