Ministry amongst Britain’s poorest
From an article by FIEC
A conversation about some of the unique pressures of ministry to hard places. "How we do evangelism is completely different - it's new and it's good and it's real, real life."
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The world is more prosperous than it has ever been
From a report by the Legatum Institute
Of the 167 countries measured and tracked for prosperity in the Legatum Institute's 2019 index, 148 (88% of the world’s population) have seen an improvement in their prosperity since 2009.
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99 good news stories in 2019
From an article by Future Crunch
Good news stories of conservation, health, rising living standards, tolerance, peace, cleaner energy and environmental stewardship. We need to change the stories we tell ourselves.
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Advancing well-being in an inequitable world - 2
From The Thriving Places Index
The Thriving Places Index is a new way to look at the strengths and challenges of the place where you live in England or Wales. It shows whether the conditions are in place for people to thrive – in a fair and sustainable way.
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Advancing well-being in an inequitable world - 1
From a report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundatio
What can we learn from multiple countries about advancing well-being—a notion of health that extends beyond the absence of disease? Need to radically expand the definition of progress to include well-being as a complement to economic vitality.
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The SDGs Game
Geoff Knott
The 2030 SDGs Game participants wake up to the systemic impact they already have. They see ways they can take action to make positive change that they previously had not considered.
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How to make poverty history?
From a talk by Dr Lant Pritchett
We need to get rid of some intellectual weeds; the idea of a poverty line, a main cause of poverty is about people and their decisions, we can reduce poverty by focusing on the poor, that redistributive or targeted programmes are key to poverty reduction.
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2020 Estates Three-day Conference 2020 - Swanwick
@The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Alfreton, Derbyshire DE55 1AU
The challenges of leading a church into growth on our urban estates are especially acute - confident Christian presence in such communities is vital. This course will be tailored to the needs of lay and ordained leaders from urban estates churches and will be led by people with experience of this ministry.
17/06/2020
17:00