Our Resourcing Hubs
There are seven Resourcing Hubs across the diocese, called to give away their time, resources and expertise to grow new congregations in different ways. Our Resourcing Hubs are:
Berkshire Hong-Kongers - seeking to welcome and nurture newly arrived Hong Kongers across several churches in Berkshire
NARNiA - North Aylesbury Resourcing Network, made up of four smaller churches in the North Aylesbury Area wanting to plant into new housing, and grow new communities through an Aylesbury Learning community
St Andrew's, High Wycombe - nurturing a Learning community, identifying planting opportunities and growing new missional communities in and around Wycombe
St Frideswide's, Milton Keynes - using community organising to grow new worshipping communities in nearby housing estates and nurturing a Learning community for the city.
St Mary's, Cogges - pioneering a Learning community and mission to reach more rural areas of the diocese
St Mary's, Milton Keynes - drawing on extensive experience to revitalise and plant into a fast-growing town
St Paul's, Slough - bringing their intercultural experience to support the growth of new worshipping communities among UKME
Church planting and revitalisation
Church multiplication is one of many ways the Church of England seeks to share in apostolic mission by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ and drawing people into the adventure of discipleship.
Recognising that these terms are used in different ways, the New Congregations programme understands church plants to include new churches or new congregations within an existing parish that replicate the parent church.
New Christian communities (which the diocese often refers to as new congregations) come to birth among people who do not currently attend church and vary in style to fit the context. They are sometimes called fresh expressions or missional communities. They include messy church, sports church, cafe church, forest church and more.
Church grafts or revitalisations seek to renew an existing church by grafting leadership, people and resources into them. They may take the form of a church plant or new Christian communit, depending on the context.
In addition, churches should seek to build creative partnerships for mission, especially between well-resourced and poorer parishes to support mission in the latter areas, respecting the contributions and needs of each.
Stories of revitalisations, plants and grafts
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