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Welcome
I hope you find the latest blogs below of interest, please pass on to colleagues and/or use the material in your bulletins. This newsletter is stored here for ease of linking if you want people to access all the information.
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Grace,
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The Forgotten Manifesto of Jesus - 1
"Is what we're doing really working?", "Is this the way Jesus wants us to make disciples?" Hard questions. Stories from the revival movements where empowered believers make disciples who make disciples.
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The Forgotten Manifesto of Jesus - 2
"If we're waiting for them to come to us, they're never coming. But we can learn from the underground church how they are taking the gospel to people where they are unable to invite people to church. There is so much we can learn from them.."
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Marketplace Renewal |
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Hatchathons
Are you nursing an entrepreneurial idea for social impact, but don’t know how to get started, much less fund it? Could use the wisdom of others to test-drive ideas for missional entrepreneurship? 'Hatchathons' are 2.5 day intense sessions..
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Fight, Flee or Forgive?
How do you respond when a gang shows up to steal your beautiful farm, sanctioned by the authorities? "We were faced with three alternatives; fight, flee or forgive. We chose to..."
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In-Person - NACCOM - No Accommodation Network Conference 2025 - 9:30am 9 Apr - Manchester
NACCOM was founded as a charity in 2015, following almost ten years as an informal network. The conference will bring together members, volunteers, supporters, allies and many others who have helped to shape our network into the powerful force for change that it is today.
Attendees will hear from frontline charity leaders, people with lived experience, and other experts and advocates from across the homelessness and refugee sectors, as we look back on NACCOM’s impact over the past decade, and mobilise towards a future free from destitution and homelessness for those in the asylum and immigration system.
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Online - A Fairer Start Local: how to support early years innovation in local authorities - 12:00pm 24 Apr
In 2021, Nesta launched A Fairer Start Local: a long-term innovation partnership with three local authorities to develop, design and test ideas for how innovation could transform early years services. Four years on, they’ve learned a lot about how innovation support from organisations like Nesta can best amplify the capabilities within local authorities, and improve outcomes for children and families.
Join them online as they mark the publication of their Fairer Start Local report. There will be a discussion with leaders from the local authorities Nesta partnered with: Stockport and Greater Manchester, Leeds and York. Together they will share insights on what works to innovate and improve outcomes in early years systems.
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In-Person - Faith in Business Leadership Retreat: Just Grace: Forgiveness and Accountability at Work - 10am 25 Apr - 4:30pm 26 Apr - Cambridge
This year we are discovering the role justice, grace, forgiveness and accountability play in making us more productive. We are considering questions like; People Management: what practical protocols, conduct codes and disciplinary procedures best reflect justice, grace, accountability and forgiveness? Innovation: how can a corporate ethos of just grace stimulate innovation, which inevitably involves trying and failing? Workplace Culture: what leadership styles best enable a harmonious and inspiring culture of just grace? Overcoming Obstacles: what are the inhibitors of just grace in the world of work, and how can we overcome them?
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In-Person - Communicating Radical Hope in an era of poly-crisis - 10:30am 30 Apr - London
William Temple Foundation in partnership with Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) and the University of Notre Dame London Programme. This conference will launch an international search for Radical Hope and open up questions and debates relevant to faith based organisations in the public square and their response to poly-crises. The conference will be a hybrid gathering to reflect the conditions and spaces of engagement that make up the public square in the 21st Century. The gathering will explore questions of freedom of religion and belief in the public square, truth and propaganda, and the role that dialogue can play in developing shared values in the public square.
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Online - Business As Mission Global Connect - 12:30pm 8 May
The BAM Global Summit 2025 theme, 'Together Towards Tomorrow' reflects our desire to be rooted in the past, but reaching for the future: building together for future generations. The past 25 years of business as mission have provided strong foundations, but how do we build and innovate for greater fruitfulness? Join us as we explore how to exponentially grow sustainable engagement and holistic gospel impact for generations to come, hear from the Lord and each other and envision and shape the BAM movement of tomorrow, together.
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Online - Reaching Refugees - 3pm 8 May
Working among refugees continues to be a high priority for the Church, and it is a global reality in the Twenty-First Century. Hear from around the world as Christians serving refugees share from their experiences. We will hear presentations from multiple practitioners in diverse global contexts, with lots of opportunity for questions and discussion. Open to a wide audience, this session represents a key area of the work of God in mission, and is an excellent opportunity for theological and practical reflection together.
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