I strongly commend this conference to you which is organised by Pathways from Poverty, an initiative of the Relational Mission apostolic sphere of Newfrontiers led by Mike Betts in the UK. Its purpose is to encourage and equip everyone to be part of a church that welcomes the poor and sees lives transformed, as people are empowered to walk on pathways out of poverty.
The Need
In the UK and across continental Europe, the church is finding itself coming face to face with an ever-growing tide of needs within its local community. From food and fuel poverty, to loneliness, isolation and relationship breakdown, and from debt, to housing insecurity, long term unemployment and addictions. These issues are robbing people of hope for the future, damaging the mental health and well being of all sections of our society, impacting young and old alike.
As we connect more and more with people living in and with these difficult circumstances many questions are raised.
- How do we keep on loving and not grow weary?
- How do we empower people to move forwards and not create dependencies?
- How do we enable people to become actively engaged in our local church communities?
- How do we respond with compassion yet still strive for justice?
Addressing these issues and more are the goals of this valuable and inspiring day. There will be worship, teaching, practical seminars, opportunities to meet new people, browse stands and hear about some great church-based community projects, all designed to help you to make a difference in your local community, bringing hope and transformation to the broken world around us.
Guest speaker
We welcome Natalie Williams from Jubilee+ as our Guest Speaker. She has co-authored two highly acclaimed books: A Church for the Poor and The Myth of the Undeserving Poor.
Equipping and Informing
There will be a choice of seminars to attend in the morning, stands to visit in the break times and a ‘speakers’ corner’ in the afternoon, where you will have the opportunity to hear directly from projects involved in walking alongside and empowering people in need in their local communities.
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