16 April 2014 Last updated at 11:45 ET
In March, the PM visited the church in Bethlehem
situated where Jesus is said to have been born
This did not mean "doing down" other religions or "passing judgement" on those with no faith, he insisted in an article for the Church Times.
But Christians "make a difference to people's lives" and should be more evangelical about it, he suggested.
The government has faced strong criticism from senior clergy over its welfare reforms.
In February, 27 Anglican bishops warned that benefit cuts were forcing thousands of people to rely on handouts from food banks.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, had said a week earlier it was a "disgrace" that in such a wealthy country there were people who could not afford to feed themselves.
For the rest, see:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-27053112
In March, the PM visited the church in Bethlehem
situated where Jesus is said to have been born
Britons should be "more confident
about our status as a Christian country", Prime Minister David Cameron has
said.
This did not mean "doing down" other religions or "passing judgement" on those with no faith, he insisted in an article for the Church Times.
But Christians "make a difference to people's lives" and should be more evangelical about it, he suggested.
The government has faced strong criticism from senior clergy over its welfare reforms.
In February, 27 Anglican bishops warned that benefit cuts were forcing thousands of people to rely on handouts from food banks.
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, had said a week earlier it was a "disgrace" that in such a wealthy country there were people who could not afford to feed themselves.
For the rest, see:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-27053112
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