mission to poor and disadvantaged Flashcards
where does this mission come from?
-When Paul travelled round his new churches, he collected money from them to help support the members of the Church in Jerusalem.
-Wealthy Christians provided schools for pauper children and housing for the elderly poor during the middle ages, and during the nineteenth century, rich people often left money to provide bread to poor parishioners in their wills.
childrens society
-1881
-result of the
Industrial Revolution, there was widespread poverty and illness in cities, and poor children were often left as orphans when their parents died young.
-backing of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Edward Rudolph, a Sunday School teacher, set up the charity to give homeless children an upbringing in a loving family environment. He set up cottage homes with around ten children living in each house, with a matron and master who acted as parents.
-charity was feeding and clothing them, and providing homes for the homeless.
-From the 1970s onwards, there were fewer homeless children, and the Children’s Society changed its focus towards helping young people deal with illness, stress or poverty in family day-care centres.
-Since 1990, they have worked for social justice for the poorest and most disadvantaged young people, challenging government and society to address the needs of vulnerable children.
christian aid
-Formed in the aftermath of the Second World War, Christian Aid is an agency of 41 British and Irish churches.
-They provide short-term, medium term and long-
term aid to less economically developed countries to improve the standard of living of some of the world’s poorest communities.
-They also provide
emergency aid following major disasters. Christian Aid does not seek to convert people to Christianity.
-The basis of their work is the call of Jesus to feed the
poor, clothe the naked, tend the sick and house the homeless.
-Christian Aid is
funded partly from the UK overseas aid budget and partly by donations.
-During Christian Aid Week each May, local volunteers in each community in the UK drop off envelopes and invite people to make a donation in the envelopes to Christian Aid.
-This means that people in local communities can feel that they are sharing in the work of Christian Aid by collecting and donating money.
church urban fund
-1985
-Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Urban Priority Areas produced a report called Faith in the City.
-It identified large-scale poverty in urban areas
-Today the CUF provides financial and practical support to churches and communities in poor urban areas to improve the quality of life of local people and to support work for social justice for the poor.
-CUF was established by the Church of England as a practical response to unmet need and has been active in local communities for over 30 years.
-Our vision is to see people and communities all over England flourish and enjoy life in all its fullness.
Mission to the Christian community
-the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution led to thousands of people moving to towns and cities and the Church’s missionary focus in the UK was in providing money to build new churches, training clergy and setting up Sunday schools, etc.
-Things changed, however, in the twentieth century, with a rapid decline in church attendance.
-in many denominations. Churches are working to find new ways of providing for the needs of their congregations.
examples of christian mission?
-There is a growing emphasis on ecumenism, which is the drive to promote unity between the different Christian Churches.
-During Lent (which is the six weeks before Easter when Christians try to grow closer to Christ),
-Christians from different denominations may have Bible study or follow a specially devised Lent course in someone’s home.
-In this way, they learn from each other and grow closer together.
-often work together in caring for the community.
-They may run joint day-care centres for those who would otherwise be housebound, or volunteer to help in food banks.
-In some places, they share buildings for worship. In this way, they learn that what unites them is far greater than what divides them.
