Offer Financial Support

Urban Expression is a very low-cost mission agency. We are working in areas that have very limited financial resources and we do all we can to operate in appropriate ways for these contexts.

We do not provide funding for our church planting teams, which are self-financing. Members of the teams share resources together, find various ways of obtaining support and live simply.

But we do need some financial support to enable us to maintain and develop our work. Our expenditure covers the following areas:

* Producing brochures and other material.
* Promoting Urban Expression at various events.
* Underwriting new initiatives.
* Subsidising training for team members.

We have valued the support of a number of Trusts over the past few years, but many Trusts prefer not to provide ongoing support for existing agencies so that they can fund new initiatives. We are, therefore, looking for regular support from those who believe in what we are doing and can offer ongoing funding.

Our annual budget for general expenditure at present is only about £12,000. A hundred supporters giving £10 per month would supply all we need. Is this something you might consider?

In 2007 the Baptist Union of Great Britain awarded us a grant to enable us to employ Jim & Juliet Kilpin as Urban Expression co-ordinators. We are very grateful for this and hope this grant will be available again in future years.

We are also hoping to develop links with partner churches in areas of the country with greater financial resources, offering in return opportunities for their members to participate short-term in urban church planting contexts. Would your church be interested in this?

If you (or your church) may be interested in offering financial support – either a single gift or regular support – please contact us with your details and we will be in touch.