Evangelism UK

New Hope resource 'Heartbeat for Mission'

Thousands of churches are being resourced with the new resource from Hope: http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Groups/133405/HOPE/Resources/Books/Books.aspx

Leap Forward prayer pilgrimage

Mark Armstong has a website and video about his prayer walk from John O'Groats to Lands End: http://leap-forward.org.uk/vision.php

Hope Revolution video

A video about young people transforming their communities and praying for unity and mission is at: http://www.hope-revolution.com/uniting_prayer_and_mission/

The Father's Love youth prayer network

Young people are praying for their communities and have a conference 1/2nd March: http://thefatherslove.co.uk/

Christian contribution statistics re Social Action

Jubilee+ conducted research and report launched in the Houses of parliament: http://jubilee-plus.org/Articles/337911/Jubilee_Plus/About_Us/Research/RESULTS_OF_THE.aspx 

Baroness Warsi comments: http://jubilee-plus.org/Articles/344847/Jubilee_Plus/News/BARONESS_WARSI_AND.aspx

CUF report on churches social action

A new CofE Church Urban Fund reports says thousands of churches are involved in serving their local community: http://www.cuf.org.uk/church-action

Gangsline - evangelistic response team

Ex Gangsters make up an evangelistic response team for gang members seeking a confidential help line: http://www.gangsline.co.uk/

Inspire Awards for Christians getting their hands dirty

MP's including the Faith Minister Baroness Warsi, commended Christians from various projects in the Inspire Awards ceremony hosted by Inspire Magazine and the Evangelical Alliance.

Inspire magazine report: http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/Stories/National?storyaction=view&storyid=218

Evangelical Alliance report: http://www.eauk.org/church/stories/faith-minister-praises-christian-organisations.cfm

Churches working together in mission

An example of churches working together in mission is in an article: http://www.cte.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=321005

Inspire Awards looking for nominations

If you know of an inspirational individual, project or youth/children's work in your local Christian community,
why not nominate them for a 2012 Inspire Award? 

Enter this year's Awards – organised by Inspire magazine with the Evangelical Alliance – at http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/inspire-awards

Closing date for entries is 31st August.

 

'Prayer walks' - new website

Forever 2012 is a new website networking various initiatives for prayer in 2012: see http://www.forever2012.com/support/prayer-support/prayer-resources/prayer-walks/

Street Angels - CNI wins Big Society Award

This news, including a quote from David Cameraon is at: http://cninet.weebly.com/1/post/2012/03/street-angels-cni-wins-big-society-award.html

Queen's Diamond Jubilee Grace

A Grace has been written for the Big Lunch where 3,500 applications have been made for street parties and 6 million people may sit down together on June 3rd: http://www.cte.org.uk/Articles/304374/Churches_Together_in/News_Events/News/Grace_at_the.aspx

Festival resources list

Share Jesus International have produced a list of resources available to help local churches in mission through a festival: http://www.morethangold.org.uk/uploads/file/Artists2%5B1%5D.pdf

New video for Community Festivals

Fusion / More than Gold have produced a video about open crowd festivals suitable for the Jubilee and Games in 2012: http://www.fusionyac.org/2012/

Let's have a festival!

With the Queen's Jubilee and the 2012 Games a lot of churches are planning 'Open Crowd Community Festivals'. A resource to help churches do this together is at: www.cte/festivals

CMS Lent Twelve resource for transforming mission

Church Mission Society have a new resource about transforming mission and transforming communities in 2012: http://www.cms-uk.org/default.aspx?tabid=323

Hope asking if you are hosting a 'Big Lunch'

The Queen's Diamond Jubilee weekend provides an opportunity for many mission events. Hope is encouraging churches to host a community 'Big Lunch' street Party and are now asking for churches to say if they are planning to do so. See http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Groups/181443/HOPE/The_Big_Lunch/The_Big_Lunch.aspx

Inspire awards for local mission projects

Inspire, the magazine to inspire Christian witness, has awarded various local mission projects with a prize in Parliament, see http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=5753

Statement re mission legacy of Hope and MTG

How Hope and More than Gold can be 'wonderfully complementary' - leaving a positive legacy, see http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=284476

Mission Year web site

Mission Year is a framework equipping Christians to live in community with others - starting in October and run by Oasis: http://www.missionyear.org.uk/about/home/

RC 'Little Way' week of service for evangelisation

The 'Little Way' week (1st-7th Oct) encourages everyone to acts of service, see http://www.catholicchurch.org.uk/content/download/8650/58985/file/Little%20Way%20Week%20Poster%202011%20Final.pdf

72million hours per year - church serving the community

The Cinnamon Network of 100 agencies and CEO's of Christian mission organisations estimate that UK Christians provide 72 million hours of vountary work in the UK per year. The network equips the church for social action in mission, see http://www.communityfranchising.net/

Hope promote Queen and 'Big Lunch'

Following the announcement that the Queen's  Jubilee Celebration will promote the Big Lunch, church leaders are being encouraged to get all churches involved:  http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Groups/132614/HOPE/Stories/HOPE_Press_releases/HOPE_Press_releases.aspx

Hope launch online resource ideas

The 'Hope' team have put a list of ideas on their website with a story of how it has already worked in a local church, see http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Groups/161047/HOPE/Resources/Ideas/Ideas.aspx

Love your Street launch and Eric Pickles endorsement

Adam May reports on the launch of Love your Street in the latest newsletter: http://resources.pihomebuild.com/sites/227/docs/march11newsletter.pdf

Deepening Discipleship .. bearers of the Word

A national Methodist initiative for Biblefresh, Deeping Discipleship aims to equip Christians to be bearers of the Word into our communities: www.deepeningdiscipleship.org.uk

'Just Map' new initiative

Adam May from Christian Nightlife Initiatives invites local churches to map their new missional social action initiative at http://www.justmap.org.uk/

Global Day of Prayer ... UK 2011

The GDOP Prayer Network have posted the major prayer initiatives currently planned for 2011 in the UK - seeking to transform communities with the Gospel: http://www.prayerforum.org/gdop-uk/

Hope Together survey 'be part of it'

Hope Together is asking churches to fill in a survey to say they will be part of the national initiative for word and deed mission: http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/