Is Britain a fair country?
From a video by High Pay Centre
Wealth inequality has been rising rapidly in Britain for the past 30 years. Is the public aware of the extent of this growth in inequality? Do we think we live in a fairer society than is the reality?
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Ministry amongst Britain’s poorest
From an article by FIEC
A conversation about some of the unique pressures of ministry to hard places. "How we do evangelism is completely different - it's new and it's good and it's real, real life."
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Estates evangelism
From the Synod address by Bishop Philip North
In February 2019, the Bishop of Burnley, Philip North, spoke on a motion to have a church community on every significant social housing estate in the nation.
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Roving listening
From an article by Ministry with the Poor
Spending time with the neighbours in community, not to gauge their needs but to understand the talents. Hundreds of people now pass under the church's roof each week.
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Preaching to middle-class can hurt the poor
From a series of tweets by Timothy Isaiah Cho @tis
A good deal of the sermon applications are aimed at the middle class and this can be especially damaging for Christians who come from lower-income situations. Some nuggets.
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Hidden in plain sight
How one church found abundance in a community of material poverty. Viewing people - not programmes, finances, etc - as their most valuable resource moved church members beyond their own walls and out into the streets, where they discovered..
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The Church and estates
From video by the Church of England
If we’re serious about the renewal of Christian life in our nation we need to do what Jesus did. It’s in the edges amongst the marginalised that renewal will come.
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Empathy not Sympathy
From a blog by Nuture Development
Empathy binds us together. Sympathy divides us and turns us into consumers.
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