Inhabit Stories
Inhabit United Kingdom: Practice, Presence, Place
Four of the stories included here were first shared at the Inhabit UK [1] conference in Birmingham UK, in October 2014. This conference has become an annual event in Seattle, the result of a partnership between the Parish Collective and the Seattle School...
Read moreCommunity Building as Spiritual Practice
When I arrived as vicar of Hodge Hill four and a half years ago, again and again congregation members asked me, ‘why on earth do you want to come here? We haven't even got a building!’...
Rapid Response
Joshua T. Searle - A Rapid Response to 'Community Building as Spiritual Practice'
An African Missionary on Tyneside. An interview with Pastor Joseph Omoragbon by Mary Publicover.
I met Joseph over a meal at a Springdale College Summer School. I was immediately gripped by his stories from Tyneside- how could such an ‘outsider’ find connection in that challenging environment. Martin Robinson interviewed Pastor Joseph during Inhabit UK, and...
Read moreRebuilding the Ruins on Weoley Castle Estate
Nearly 13 years ago our family moved onto Weoley Castle, a large council estate in South Birmingham. It’s a struggling estate- falling into the lowest 10% for deprivation. Our milkman refused to deliver there. We had lived nearby for a...
Read morePenycae Neighbourhood Church of the Nazarene: Earning the Name
Croeso I eglwys Penycae gymdogaeth y Nasaread….Welcome to Penycae Church of the Nazarene – everything has to be bi-lingual in Wales. We are in Penycae, a North Wales village just over the border from Chester in England. Our nearest town...
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