Archbishop Emeritus Patrick Kelly confesses his role in perpetuating a management culture that has affected the character of the church
What does it look like to be the People of God in this time of deep change? We believe it involves upholding what it means to be a human person, building relationships with our neighbours in the local and putting Common Good principles into practice. Explore our stories to find out more.
The story of Grimsby Neighbourhood Church, committed to serving its local neighbourhood for the long term
What do we lose when we live and worship in different places? Sam Tomlin writes about what happened when he decided to walk to church
How does our Common Good Schools programme prepare young people to take responsibility for the Common Good in their community?
Asset Based Community Development methodology is much talked about. But how does ABCD relate to the Common Good?
By pooling resources and knowledge, neighbours can support their neighbours financially
In the modern world it is vital to spend ‘holy time’ in order to strengthen our ability to build the common good
Tim Thorlby calls the churches to be at the forefront of the movement to restore dignity to working people
How a local dispute over horse grazing revealed the weaknesses of contract culture and the strengths of covenantal relationships
From vulnerability and loss to Common Good: how a parish community remembered their neighbours lost to Covid-19
Cleaners are often underpaid and ignored, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Together we can bring fair pay and dignity to all low paid workers.
Enabling local leadership brings tangible results when churches help to tackle not only financial poverty, but political and cultural poverty too
Pooling charitable donations through Giving Circles can bring donors into relationship with communities and so build the Common Good…
After a long period of neglect, estates churches are receiving attention, and proving to be a gift to the whole Church.
As social and political confusion reigns, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explains what’s going on and what we can do build the Common Good
Consider the parish as a shared inheritance in which all can participate: the local church can animate a renewed civic conversation
As Brexit reveals the social and cultural disconnect between the educated and uneducated, Michael Merrick tells his own moving story
In a society scarred by division, an unlikely friendship reveals that forgiveness is a freedom and helps to build the Common Good
A priest in Italy wanted to help the homeless and the destitute migrants in his parish. From nothing, a community has been created
Our Common Good Builder process is helping churches bring civic partners together to tackle homelessness in Bournemouth…
Luke Bretherton calls Christians to take up democratic politics as a way of pursuing a common life and fulfilling the call to love our neighbours…
Covid-19 is turning our world upside down. Wayne Parsons believes this moment could be the impetus for a new settlement for the Common Good
Matt Wilson helps congregations generate practical ways to transform their relationship with money and contribute to the community at the same time.
What is the nature of the relationship between churches and communities, especially the left-behind?
A school in a deprived area has won an award for demonstrating that a school can be a force for the Common Good in its neighbourhood
How are we most likely to achieve social change? Through political campaigning or by finding common ground at local level?
The family is where we learn to relate and so underpins our ability to build the Common Good. But does the state help or hinder family life?
Manning and Booth came together to serve the poor and cooperated for the betterment of society. This is their story.