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Holding a sacred assembly in your community
A sacred assembly is a gathering of Jesus followers in a community for a public event of worship and prayer - specifically prayers of repentance and proclamation - often combined with fasting. A manual..
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Fostering innovation and empowerment in the neighbourhood economy
Innovation Works has so far engaged over 400 social enterprises in their city - actively supporting more than 160 and ensuring that those reduce neighbourhood and racial wealth divides.
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Building a community wellbeing data hub in Widnes
What is wellbeing? Research with residents - emotional, physical, spiritual health, human connection, getting to places, community spirit, support, respect, kindness, values, public spaces and services..
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How different types of disadvantage impact England’s pre-school children
Disadvantage has two dimensions – economic and home disadvantage. These have different effects on later outcomes. Need to vary hours in pre-school according to disadvantage.
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AI In The Church Survey 2024
Demonstrates a growing interest by church leaders in integrating AI into aspects of ministry. However there's a mix of excitement and caution between enhancing ministry versus ethical implications and preserving human touch.
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Pursuing failure to test innovations
We grow up trying to avoid failure. But with Testing before Investing we do the opposite-pursue failure. If we're going to fail, we want to fail early and small. Then we learn, adapt, iterate for a better solution.
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Camino Verde - a living seed bank
The concept is to cultivate native species safeguarding their future as well as actively promoting their sustainable use throughout the region as a source of livelihoods for communities.
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The foundations for inequality are reinforced at pre-school
Teachers do their best to give all pupils the same chances but why do schools fail to level the social playing field? Classroom interactions, social comparisons with children perpetuate inequalities.
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Guide to prayer walking
Prayer walking is “praying on-site with insight.”. Seeking the Spirit’s guidance, mercy, and transforming power in our context. Helping us become more aware of our neighbourhood and its cultural and spiritual realities.
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The Biblical basis for entrepreneurship
If we only focus on certain aspects of God's story, it has very significant impact on how we understand the role of business and what the Kingdom of God is about.
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From community engagement to ownership
6 developmental phases - a pathway to strengthen, transform our communities. Thriving, diverse, equitable communities are possible through deep participation, unleashing capacity to address our toughest challenges.
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Confronting the toll of hook-up culture
The consequences are tangible psychological distress, embarrassment, loss of respect, distrust, difficulties with maintaining steady relationships, STDs, depression, anxiety. We need to model something different.
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Spirit-empowered ministry
There's only one thing that's going to move the dial in our ministries, in our church. Not strategy, theology degrees, training, important as they are. Jesus knew it and he lived by it. The power and the life of the Holy Spirit.
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Harnessing AI for social impact
The intersection of AI and social impact presents extraordinary opportunities for positive change. Improving efficiency, optimizing resource allocation, developing innovative products, and helping better decision-making.
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Solutions Journalism
Solutions Journalism investigates and explains, in a critical and clear-eyed way, how people try to solve widely shared problems instead of “what’s gone wrong" journalism. Changing the culture. A guide..
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10 essential tips for effective Youth Ministry
Practical advice on how to navigate the challenges and rewards of working with young people in a Christian context. Help with unpredictability of youth work and fostering a community connection.
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Sheep Among Wolves
A documentary that sheds light on the underground church in Iran. Their movement is characterized by rapid reproduction, yet it operates without property, buildings, budget, or formal status. Remarkably, it is mainly led by women.
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