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The information on this site is provided in good faith as guidance and stimulus to those involved in the Church’s strategy for new housing areas. No responsibility can be accepted for information which is inaccurate, and professional advice specific to particular places should be sought.
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Mission StatementMission |
| The CTE NHA group exists to help churches in England understand and engage effectively with the challenge of new housing areas.
The group encourages:
Outreach through:
- Presence/ Church Planting / New Ways of Being Church / Emerging Church
- Education and church schools
- Christian involvement in community centers, networks and groups
- Dynamic models of partnership at every level and in every discussion
- Encouraging new opportunities with church land and property; green space etc
Research and learning via:
- Information for understanding and engaging with the planning process
- Equipping church (local and denominational) thinking about the NHA issues
- Being a hub of information, personnel and web based, developing resources and seeking information about where the major NHA’s will be
- Describing methods of local partnership (between churches, council etc)
- Telling reflective stories (through CINHA website and other routes) of both good and bad practice, success and failure, lessons which have been learnt.
Churches Adding Value to the new community because:
- Creating holistic vibrant community, especially in NHA’s where no previous community, aiming to make it sustainable
- Providing a ‘Holy Space’ for new building developments
- ‘Engaging partnerships’ which embrace housing, planning, economic, environmental and social where relevant.
- Reflecting theologically in the context of the new housing areas.
The CTE NHA group shares experience of what is happening in the wider church, cultural and political context. |
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