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Organising for Growth: Growing inner-city churches in number, depth and impact

Six key themes have emerged from the Centre for Theology and Community’s research into community organising: read these and more in the report below

THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE STORIES of 15 churches, most of them in east London. They are surprising stories – perhaps most surprising to the churches themselves.

Many of the churches featured in this report had internalised the wider narrative that they were doomed to decline and ultimately to close, or that the only way to grow was to abandon their own spirituality and tradition. Yet, each of them has harnessed the potential of community organising to grow in number, depth and social impact.

Find out more in the report below:

There is also a video to accompany the report which you can watch here.

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