The Church Building as a Tool for Mission

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The Church Building as a Tool for Mission

• Churches Tourism Network Wales
• John Winton

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The Church Building as a Tool for Mission

• Who?
• What?
• Why?
• How?
• When?

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Who?
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C.T.N.W.

• C.T.N.W. is a company limited by guarantee.
• C.T.N.W. is a registered charity.
• C.T.N.W. serves all Christian churches and other
  places of worship

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What?
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C.T.N.W.

• To encourage more and different people through
  the doors of the Places of Worship in Wales
• To enable congregations to profit from the above
  spiritually, culturally, socially and economically

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Why?
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The Church Building as a Tool for Mission

• Because of the service by which you have proved
  yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience
  that accompanies your confession of the gospel of
  Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with
  them and with everyone else.
• Corinthians 9.13

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• National Opinion Poll (conducted by Opinion
  Research Bureau on behalf of English Heritage and
  the Church of England) presented in 2006
• 86 had visited a Place of Worship in the last
  year

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Research

• When asked in the ORB survey in 2005 if
• A Place of worship is an important part of the
  local community.
• 72 agreed

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Research

• When asked if
• Places of worship should be more actively
  involved in our local community
• 64 agreed

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Research

• Thinking about the last year, have you attended
  a church/place of worship on any of these
  occasions?

I was seeking a quiet place
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I was walking past and I felt the need to go in
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How?
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Projects

• PORTH
• Open Churches Network
• Poets Priests and Pubs
• Great Churches of Monmouth
• Newport Churches Project
• Open Doors
• Beacon Churches

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Training

• Welcome to the Church

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Training

• A course for guides in churches
• Safety and Security Seminars

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Conferences

• Llandudno 2000
• 2nd National Conference Carmarthen 2006

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How
C.T.N.W. offers

• Support
• Advice
• Help
• Research

to
All places of Worship Education Tourism
Authorities Tourism Businesses
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Strategy

• C.T.N.W. Connects
• business to business

Education Schools, FE, HE
Societies
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The Visitor Experience

• C.T.N.W.
• brings the Visitor Experience to a variety of
  elements of churchlife

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The Visitor Experience

• Faith
• Conservation
• Cultural
• Social
• Educational
• Quality
• Economic

encouraging the church community to consider
what is the visitor experience in relation to
these elements of church work?
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What do we do for you Mrs Lewis?

• Encourage the notion of using the church in
  additional ways emphasising the sharing

Your Caring Sharing Co-op
erating Church community
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What do we do for you Mrs Lewis?

• Find possible partners to increase sharing
• Offer support and help with interpretation and
  presentation of the building.
• Keep congregations up to date with developments
  in Tourism and cultural sectors.
• Keep congregations informed of opportunities to
  use the building.

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When?
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When?

• From tomorrow!

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Summary

• We have a Gospel to proclaim
• The Buildings can help us do this.
• We have resources to share

We should be a welcoming Church 7/7
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Diolch yn Fawr Thank You