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No repentance, no renewal

Alan Roxburgh explores what it means to be God’s people in the uncertainty of a change of era…

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Social Justice and Evangelisation

Social doctrine is integral to evangelisation, a crucial part of the Church’s teaching…

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A new formation, for a new era

A new formation for the new era, based around the Holy Spirit and the relationship between church, people and place…

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Rethinking ‘Bias to the Poor’

On its 40th anniversary, a reappraisal of David Sheppard’s Bias to the Poor and its influence on the English Church…

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A Synod for the World

A new formation for the new era, based around the Holy Spirit and the relationship between church, people and place…

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Pentecostalism & socio-political engagement

David Muir argues for an engaged Christian citizenship and explores the relationship of political culture with the Pentecostal understanding of the Pauline ‘principalities and powers’…

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The Common Good & the Metaphysics of Citizenship

“Common Good” was popularised by TH Green, an English philosopher, political radical and reformer, before it was introduced in Catholic Social Teaching.…

Long-term leadership

Henry Corbett advocates the value of ministry over the long term, committed to people and place…

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to live a decent life

Reflecting on the Great Dock Strike of 1889, we explore the covenantal relationship between Cardinal Manning and the dockers of London’s East End…

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Mission in the new era

What do we mean by mission? Churches Together England (CTE) focuses on the mission of the churches post-Covid…

The future of UK Christian social action
As poverty gets worse, how should the church respond?Read More
Poverty – under our own roof
For Lent, Jo Stow encourages schools to take a more relational approach to charity and to notice hidden poverty in the classroom Read More
T4CG at Word on Fire
Jenny Sinclair speaks about the Bible, the common good and Catholic Social Teaching at the Word on Fire conference 2025Read More
Staying Human: Reimagining the Spirit of the Commons
In the emerging new era, people feel a loss of agency. How should the church respond? Luke Bretherton gives the first T4CG public lecture of 2025Read More
Forgive each other
The T4CG Lent 2025 Newsletter. In this time of seismic change, we must resist division and work togetherRead More