Best of the Fests - thousands join together for summer worship

Summertime means one thing in the Christian calendar – tents, wellies and tens of thousands of Christians gathered together in worship.

Whether it's for New Wine, New Day, Soul Survivor, Momentum or Greenbelt, Christians all over the country – and even further afield – are braving the British weather, and we've pulled together some of the best tweets, pictures and videos from the summer festivals so far:

 

 

New Wine

Flying banner for someone called 'Kathryn' @NewWineEngland #nwunited14 - let us know if it's a YES! pic.twitter.com/RfWTY7BlR9

— Paul Harcourt (@paulharcourt) August 5, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

'If you embrace a life of adventure there will be some scrapes' @SimonGuillebaud #nwunited14

— mark bailey (@markbailey_) August 5, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

Amazing worship in The Arena and Impact Urban venues tonight. God is here! #nwunited14

— New Wine (@NewWineEngland) August 4, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

Happy Days #NwUnited14 ! pic.twitter.com/R90qVSLpkR

— Compassion UK (@compassionuk) August 1, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

Soul Survivor

144 new Christians at SSA tonight - God is building His church. Rejoicing!

— Andy Croft (@andycroft86) July 25, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

I never thought I'd live to see the day. Tonight the Archbishop of Canterbury led a ministry time at Soul Survivor A. Perfect.

— Mike Pilavachi (@mikepilav) July 28, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

The ultimate selfie! pic.twitter.com/9FRFWou3lU

— Mike Pilavachi (@mikepilav) July 29, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">
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New Day

What an amazing experience tonight addressing 7,000 teens @NewDayEvent in Norwich! #NewDay2014 #GodHasAPlan4YourLife pic.twitter.com/5LLV1XotSO

— Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) July 31, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

240 young people reporting being pain free after healing prayer and over 300 making commitments to follow Jesus! @newdayevent #Newday2014

— Andy Robinson (@Spdar) August 2, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

Hundreds of responses to gospel calls day after day (321 first time responses). In one meeting scores of people literally ran to the front.

— Joel Virgo (@JoelVirgo) August 3, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

Amazing light streaming into the Big Top at our final 2014 meeting. Regram of @missjenniep #light #shadow #newday... pic.twitter.com/hfGzN0PIHe

— newday (@newdayevent) August 2, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">

A word from C.S. Lewis as you head home from #nd14: 'There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.' Amen! (HT @helen_a13)

— newday (@newdayevent) August 3, 2014 " data-caption="null" data-credit="null">
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