About us - Urban Expression

Introduction

Church planting in the inner city

The inner city is where Christian mission in Britain has been at its most creative over the past two centuries. Many new expressions of church life, evangelism and social action were pioneered here.

People have come to faith in Jesus Christ, communities have been renewed and signs of God's kingdom of justice and peace have been evident.

But church life in many inner city communities is weak. Why?

Because the social and spiritual needs in the inner city are enormous
Because the inner city is changing and many churches struggle to adapt
Because Christians have steadily moved to the suburbs and continue to do so
Because inappropriate models of church planting are sometimes used in the inner city
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The Urban Expression Story

1997-2003

Urban Expression was launched in April 1997 through a partnership between Spurgeon's College and Oasis Trust. These organisations were already working together to run a Church Planting and Evangelism training course. Neither organisation is now directly involved with Urban Expression, which is an independent trust. The director of this course, Stuart Murray Williams, who had planted a church in the inner city in the late 1970s, initiated Urban Expression in order to explore new ways of planting churches in inner city communities.

Who are we

Urban Expression is an urban mission and church planting agency which prioritises the inner cities and the margins.

Trustees

Fran Beckett
Dave Close
Kerry Coke
Pat Took
Tim Presswood (treasurer)
Trevor Hutton
Catherine Cowell
Phil Warburton (chair)

Get Involved

There are three ways of getting involved in Urban Expression and belonging within this mission community:

Associates
Mission Partners
Teams

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The Urban Expression Story

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