Emerging church...

The shape or nature of the church we are endeavouring to establish is gradually emerging - slowly.

In his article 'Community Regeneration' Andrew Mawson writes that ‘the role of the church in urban areas, where high-rise living produces a dehumanising privatisation of life, must be as a catalyst to bring together in concrete ways the variety of people who live cheek by jowl and yet often seem unaware of each other.’

Since Newham allegedly has more high-rise buildings than any other borough Mawson's assertion is particularly apt for us here in Stratford. To this end, reflecting the historic calling of the Church to create community we are seeking to establish a human context, a space, through which people can enter and explore together the connections that exist between them.

What this context/space will 'look' like is yet to be revealed, but we're getting there - slowly.