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Home for Good

Alison Milbank sees a solution to two contemporary crises: housing and church decline…
29/03/2021
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The Politics of Grace and Place

There is a political dimension to the local church’s vocation. Not in a party political or campaigning sense, but rather in its call to transform civil society…
16/02/2021
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The Plague and the Parish

This is a joint letter in which we address the new era and invite the churches to consider their calling to play a critical role in civic renewal.…
20/10/2020
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Long-term leadership

Henry Corbett advocates the value of ministry over the long term, committed to people and place…
25/09/2021
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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…
18/12/2021
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The Spiritual Poverty of the West

Can African Christianity illuminate what the West has lost?…
26/09/2024
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Staying put

Sally Mann argues that there is something heroic about engaging with place for the long term by staying put…
27/09/2021
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Community, callings and carpets

A story of incarnational life and Christian solidarity in a post industrial Cornish town…
23/11/2024
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Always Open

Too many churches are keeping their doors closed. An open church can fulfil an important role in the rebuilding of our common life…
27/03/2024
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Day of Transformation

Things are happening in the neighbourhood – God is at work in and through our relationships…
08/07/2024

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