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Getting started in community mission

Looking for some guidance to get you started?

We hope the following selected stories,  articles and tools, booklets and courses below will help, as well as the  pages elsewhere for individuals, small groups and congregations.

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Stories - don't miss the excellent advice in the top tips section in most stories...

  • Buttershaw Baptist Church, Bradford- committed to the four Bs of blessing, belonging, believing and becoming
    The vast majority of the congregation live on the Buttershaw estate and the church is now seen as a source of help and support to many - in a range of holistic ways.

  • Dungannon Vineyard Northern Ireland - determined to leave a local legacy
    Convinced that of the need for churches to be permanently outward-focused, Dungannon aims to address the root causes of poverty and isolation through work with children and families, debt and youth work.

  • Newcraigs Evangelical Church, Kirkcaldy - how using a Tearfund process helped the whole church face outwards

  • New Life Church, Wembley  

    The story of the church moving from a point of very little contact with the local community, to being fully involved.

  • Brockley Community Church
    BCC believe there are two effective ways to connect with their local community. First, be community themselves and secondly, to actively promote a ‘wholistic’ approach to healthy living.

  • Canaan (Tower Hamlets Community Church)  

    Aiming to create opportunities and facilitate the personal development of young people within the community of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London.

Articles and Tools

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Courses


Don't forget to check out other pages which list selected resources according to context - for individuals , small groups and congregations.