Unlock - Local Partnerships

Unlock is especially concerned with communication in a traditional tabloid (non-book, 'text shy', or urban working class) culture - oral learners, or "people who can read but prefer not to", within the UK's inner cities and housing estates.

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Local Partnership Poster

At Unlock we are rebuilding our local partnership network after the pandemic years. To do this we are looking for new local partners; churches, or local groups; who would like to grow their ability to: -

Unlock real life tories of urban people
Reveal Good News of the down to earth Christ
Realease life changing skills and confidence

We really want to do more.

We are looking for churches or groups in UK cities who are willing to work with us to develop new Unlock local partnerships; churches of any denomination, Churches which have: -

• A heart for the most marginalised of local people
• A desire to set the Gospel free within their local community
• A commitment to overcoming exclusion
• A desire for stronger connections within their local community
• Some community engagement and social action already in place that they wish to grow, particularly in missional terms
• A desire to grow the church family; spiritually at least as much as numerically
• Capacity to build a small team of support (not necessarily hands-on helpers) within the church & community
• Leadership that is expected to remain mostly stable for the next 2-3 years
• An urban area that can easily be identified with locally recognised boundaries.

If you want to know more about this please contact the Unlock Office office@unlock-urban.org.uk

Expected Outcomes: -

• Growing the congregation's confidence and skills in faith sharing.
• Strengthening connections in both church and community.
• Nurturing self-esteem and personal growth.
• Nurturing discipleship and indigenous leadership.
• Recognising ourselves as part of God's big story.

Next . . . Unlock Blackpool? Unlock Lowestoft? Unlock Stoke? Unlock Middlesbrough? Unlock where you are?

We are initiating explorations that we hope will lead to Unlock Local LAUNCH Projects in new places for us. Contact the National Office for details, particularly if you would like to get involved.