Role of Church in Local Community Flashcards
What is the Church?
- The holy people (body of Christ) that among whom Christ is present and active.
- A building in which Christians worship.
What does the church do?
Individual churches:
- educate people about bible
- meeting place for prayer
- provide activities (youth clubs)
- socualise and obtain guidance
The Church:
- support local projects/charities
- provide social services
- help those in need
- campaigh nor justoce
What are the Trussell Trust?
- run over 400 food banks in uk
- provide emergency food
- food donated by churches, supermarkets, schools, businesses, and individuals
- doctors, health visitors, and social workers identify people and issue them a food voucher
Based on Christian principles (unity of non-religious and religious people to end poverty/compassion to help those in need from the Parable of the Sheep and Goats), the organisation was founded in 1997, to provide support and emergency food for those in crisis in the UK.
what does the oasis project do
- a community hub run by plymouth methodist mission circuit
- provide internet café, creative courses, job club, training opurtinities, a meeting place and a food bank
- spiritual and practical help given to those in need because of ill health, disablities, domestic violence, substance abuse and low income and housing problems.
- founded through principles of parable of the sheep and goat
teachings of parable of sheep and goat
- encourages Christians to take action to help those in need.
- In this parable, Jesus makes it clear that a life worthy of the reward of Heaven must involve actively helping people in need.
What is agape love and why is it important?
Agape love is selfless and unconditional love, which is important because of in the Parable of the Sheep and Goats, we are shown that Christians should not ignore the needs of society because agape love is a part of the Christian lifestyle.
What are the aims of street pastors?
- to help and care for vulnerable people in practical ways, working with councils, police and the communities.
- main aim was to challenge gang culture and knife crime in london
- Their work includes listening to peoples problems, giving guidance to discourage anti-social behaviour.
- also respond to drunkeness and fear of crime
- They are backed up by prayer partners, who pray for street pastors. They show agape love.
What do street pastors do?
- They care for people on the streets at night by cleaning up broken glass, handing out bottled water, and accompanying people to a night bus or shelter
- they also listen to peoples problems, give guidance to discourage anti-social behaviour.
What is Parish Nursing?
- Parish nursing ministries UK is a Christian charity which supports whole person health care, through the local church.
- THEY SHOW AGAPE LOVE.
what do the parish nursing ministries focus on?
- Their focus is on the person rather than just their medical condition, and they will listen to problems, give reassurance, pray with them if asked and direct them to specific services if required.
What work do the parish nursing ministries do?
- diagnose early signs of health problems,
- training and coordinating volunteers to help alleviate loneliness
- provide support during times of crisis
- giving additional help to the NHS.
- promote well being in body, mind and spirit in local communities through providing parish nurses to churches
importance of helping local community
- to help others by practicing agape love which appeases god and guarantees place in heaven
