Fuse Issue 14: Students & Technology

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Information Anxiety This generation is growing up with the reality that virtually any information we desire is only a few clicks away. Bombarded with advertising and constantly made aware of the latest happenings from across the globe, we are the most informed generation ever, but is all this information doing us any good? It is good to pray for those we see suffering on our TV screens, but are we designed to see that amount of distress in our lifetime?

features and interviews 04 Using Technology Wisely

Tony Campolo

08 The Power in Your Hands

Vicky Beeching

12 The Naked Truth

Ian Henderson

14 App-ologetics

Sue Rinaldi

We are overloaded with information and underwhelmed by wisdom. The ability to filter information is a much needed skill.

We are communicating more things to more people, yet struggling to feel heard and understood. With a smartphone in our hand how present are we in a conversation or meeting? They are essential for me and my team to do work, however, when we meet together the smartphones have their own meeting in another room!

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Most of us are drawn to the shiny side of technology. Are we also unwittingly embracing its dark side while values we hold dear are slowly suffocating?

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In this issue of Fuse we explore the impact of technology for good and for ill on us, our relationships, our discipleship and the mission of God.

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US sociologist and Christian Tony Campolo believes in emphasising the negative side of technology because most of us are so focused on the positives. He talks to Caroline Harmon.

What problems do you think technology is causing?

The rate of change in technology is far too rapid for us to keep up. We are like dinosaurs, becoming incapable of adapting to the environment that technology is creating. It’s leaving people confused and many feel very inadequate.

Technology puts people in a constant state of distraction. I was walking through an airport the other day and nobody was looking around at anybody. Everybody was looking at their cell phones and people were walking into each other!

More importantly for Christians, it’s broken down a great deal of interaction. My son comments that if you have a vanload of young people going to a campout or some kind of social event, in the past they would sing, they would joke, they would interact, and fellowship was the larger part of what they were doing. Now they all sit in their van punching out text messages.

Technology has made the communication of information very rapid. When the telegraph was first invented Theroux,

one of the US’ great philosophers, was at his hideout in Walden Pond having decided to take a year to be by himself.

Right by the pond they were stringing up telegraph wires and he went out and asked what they were doing. It was explained to him that, once the wires were up, people in Maine would be able to communicate instantaneously with people in Florida 1300 miles away. Theroux asked: ‘What if the people in Maine have nothing to say to the people in Florida?’

What if we’re developing a perfect means of communication but losing the ability to have anything meaningful to say? That would be very sad.

Does technology not provide us with anything positive?

I’ve just finished writing a book with Shane Claiborne (The Red Letter Revolution, out now). At one point the editor listed about 400 places where he felt we needed to have footnotes to back up what we said. I shuddered; Shane just shrugged. Within about three hours we had it all done. That would have been impossible before the internet.

Of course, access to knowledge kinda takes the fun out of arguing because as soon as you start to argue over something that was said, or some fact you heard – like how many sheep are there in New Zealand – you just look it up on the internet (there were 31.1 million in June 2011. Thanks Google! – Ed).

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It is our inability to decide which technologies we want and which we don’t want that is really frightening.

Mostly, instantaneous access to information is one of the great blessings of our time. I travel a great deal and I don’t have to take any books with me anymore because they are in my computer. However, I do think that too much communication takes place technologically. About three years ago the Harvard Business Review ran an article on why corporate executives shouldn’t utilise emails to communicate with people in their companies when there are decisions to be made. A great deal of communication does not take place in words. It involves looking at the body language of the other person, facial expression, the way in which pupils dilate. The article gave examples of Vice Presidents quitting their jobs after receiving emails from the CEO because they misunderstood the message from words alone.

I believe that there is even a spiritual connection in face-to-face encounters.

When we interpose the technological instrument something is lost and we end up with superficial communication; the spiritual connectedness that was so evident in the life of Jesus is gone.

You talk in your book Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God about some of your encounters with the Amish, who reject a lot of technology.

The future’s being controlled by the technology that’s available, not by our wills. As soon as some new technology is available we immediately adopt it. An Amish Bishop pointed out something important to me: ‘We’re not against televisions, we’re not against radios, in and of themselves. We just know

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that these technologies change people. We always say that before you accept something into your life shouldn’t you know what it will do to you? When television was invented we watched how it impacted the lives of people who were not Amish. When we saw the effect it was having on their behaviours we decided that we wouldn’t accept it. We thought the cons outweighed the pros.’

It is our inability to decide which technologies we want and which we don’t want that is really frightening. We don’t have to become Amish but we do to need to decide what we do and don’t want rather than just accepting everything that comes along.

What advice would you offer students about making best use of technology?

Become intentional about face-to-face relationships and recognise that these can be easily squeezed out of your lives. Use the technology you can’t avoid very carefully. Take time to be aware of what’s going on around you, with nature and with relationships. Technology has a way of absorbing all our time, don’t let it.

Become intentional about face-toface relationships Tony Campolo Tony Campolo is professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University in the United States, a former faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, and the founder and president of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education. He has written more than 35 books and blogs regularly on his website. redletterchristians.org. @TonyCampolo www.facebook.com/tcampolo

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Vicky Beeching ponders the power and the pitfalls of social media

Avoid the dangers of giving too much attention to being online at the expense of spending time with the people physically around you.

Next time you’re in a queue or on a bus or a train, look around you. Chances are most people you see will be staring at a smart phone, eBook or tablet device.

Maybe you’ll be doing the same - I know I usually am! This is just one example of how the internet and digital technology are transforming the way we do life.

Cynics might shrug it off, but the birth of the internet, and the ever-smaller portable ways we interact with it, are as significant as the Industrial Revolution. For most students being ‘digitally on’ is totally normal and the idea of life without email, smart phones and social media is bizarre!

I did my undergraduate degree over ten years ago when email was just becoming popular. I’m glad I’m back at uni as a PhD student right now so that I can experience an academic life that’s digitally wired. With the wealth of opportunities, information and connection that the Internet and social media provide how can you really harness them during your student days?

And what pitfalls might you want to avoid?

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1. Learning Although Wikipedia isn’t infallible it’s usually a great place to find out some basic facts about a topic. Online journals are great too and most universities pay for online subscriptions to key journals.

Find out which are relevant to your subject and make the most of reading them as they’ll give you meaty content and will be quite expensive to access after you graduate.

On the downside plagiarism is easier than ever before. You might think you’re re-wording something you’ve read online, but be sure that it’s genuinely your own work. Most coursework gets scanned for online matching and lots of students have found they’ve accidentally ripped off other people’s content without really meaning to. Never let yourself be tempted to hit ‘cut and paste’ from an online source – it won’t end well!

2. Community Most university societies and local churches have a Facebook page or a Twitter account, so you can easily find out details about meetings and build friendships online. That said, avoid the dangers of giving too much attention to being online at the expense of spending time with the people physically around you. Have you made an effort to get to know other students in the rooms on your hallway? It’s easy to just sit in front of your computer and ‘chat’ with other Christians all evening, but it’s important to meet people who are different to us and build relationship with those who are literally on our doorstep.

3. Publishing The ability to publish our thoughts to a global audience has never been easier. As you’re studying lots of information and forming your own opinions the Internet gives you the perfect place to start sharing these ideas.

Blogging, Tweeting or Facebook statuses are a great way to get your ideas out there.

You can be a catalyst in stirring up great discussions online about important subjects.

Blogging should be a helpful compliment to you studying, not something which takes too much time and attention away from your degree.

Don’t neglect official Uni work to blog. Essays (even if they seem boring!) have to come first.

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University can be a hard place where we wonder who we are and how we fit.

4. Authenticity University can be a hard place where we wonder who we are and how we fit. It’s easy to want to promote an ‘ideal self’ that we think people will like and the temptation to try and be like everyone else is really powerful when you want to belong. Social media allows us to create a personality from selected photos and clever words. Ultimately, we have to choose whether we show the ‘real’ us, or a person that we’ve highly tailored and edited for our readers. Aim to use social media as authentically as possible. Don’t sacrifice who you really are for the sake of peer pressure; let your online self be the real you because who you are is amazing. Genuine people are the ones who make the deepest and longest friendships, as they feel trustworthy to others.

The Power in Your Hands Technology is advancing at a mind-spinning rate. It’s hard to even imagine what being a digitally connected student will look like in 20 years time. There’s a lot of good and a lot of possible harm, but it’s an exciting time to be alive and a really exciting time to be a student.

So plug in, ponder how you use technology, and harness the web to get yourself connected and make a difference in the world. The power to reach the globe is literally in your hands.

Vicky Beeching Vicky Beeching studied theology at Oxford and is now a PhD candidate and Research Fellow at Durham. She’s researching the ethics of the internet and how it’s affecting our relationships and spirituality. Follow her on Twitter or on her blog.

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The Naked Truth Ian Henderson I love gadgets. They’re what student loans were made for. Incredibly, the Apple or Android device in your pocket contains more computing power than Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11. Think about that next time you play Angry Birds!

The internet has made it possible to see almost anything, anytime, anywhere. That’s a very good thing when it comes to researching an essay. But that same technology, and those same powerful gadgets, also put something much more harmful within easy reach of students – and it’s destroying lives.

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The most popular porn website in the world gets 4.4 billion hits a month – only the likes of Facebook and Google get more.

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12% of all websites and 35% of all internet downloads are pornographic.

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Over 70% of men aged 18-24 visit porn sites at least once a month.

Recent research among Christians suggests that we are just as tangled in the web of porn as anyone else.

Our society has a problem with porn, and I’ve decided I want to be part of the solution.

Telling the Naked Truth Naked Truth is a new Christian initiative that’s opening eyes and freeing lives from the destructive power of porn. We’re inspired by a bible passage in Proverbs 9, in which Folly entices a city with an invitation to eat and drink in her house: ‘Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!’ she purrs. But little do they know ‘that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.’ Like Folly, porn entices and deceives, promising pleasure and hiding the consequences.

And millions of people are buying the lie.

Proverbs 9 also speaks of a woman called Wisdom who has a better invitation: ‘Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways and you will live.’ Wisdom goes to the highest place in the city with her message – the one place where everyone is in earshot.

Open Eyes, Free Lives Naked Truth is both public and personal. We aim to open eyes through the use of creative arts-driven street and viral campaigns. Naked Truth seeks to be mainstream, because, at some level, porn affects everyone.

found in Christ, so everything we do points to him. Wisdom’s cry is our cry too – that life and freedom can be a reality for anyone.

We also want to free lives, inviting people into freedom from porn addiction through online help and linking people to church-based recovery groups. We know true freedom is only

We believe students have a major part to play in Naked Truth – devising and producing your own ‘open eyes’ campaign or rolling out one of ours; writing and blogging; organising events; or speaking out in your CU. Maybe you could offer help to someone struggling with porn by starting a recovery group (we’ve got resources you can use) or maybe you need to seek help yourself.

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Recently Naked Truth’s first Open Eyes campaign was launched in Manchester.

Using guerrilla marketing methods, flyposters, postcards, stickers and chalk spray stencils started to appear around the city. The campaign sought to nudge people to www. howgoodisporn.com. Artwork is available for reprint if you want to do something in your area.

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Sue Rinaldi

App-ologetics

Gone are the days of peering at printed pages over a friend’s shoulder during an in-depth study on eco-eschatology or of feeling guilty about not carrying around an ‘actual’ physical copy.

The wonder of technology has byte-sized the Bible into the tech spec of your favourite gadget through a plethora of resourceful apps. Sue Rinaldi selects a few of the virtual best…

Blue Letter Bible

by Blue Letter Bible

This one is definitely blessed to impress!

With three translations native to the app, over 30 others are available via download or online access. Where BLB really triumphs is the way it brings scripture to life by supplying a variety of in-depth study tools. By tapping on a verse a whole host of goodies is at your disposal including version comparisons, split-screen visuals, text commentaries, Greek and Hebrew interlinear tables plus options to highlight individual verses and view them all later in one place.

Variable speed auto-scroll is quite the hands-free attraction and advanced search capabilities, the ability to take notes, share and get iCloud backup, make this a really interesting app. In case you’re wondering, it’s named after the colour of hyperlinks!

Released free for iOS

www.blueletterbible.org

Holy Bible

by LifeChurch.tv

Free online Bible.

YouVersion provide this brilliant, easy to use, comprehensive app. Over 100 versions are available in many different languages and in audio. You can access your own bookmarks, choose from numerous reading plans and check contributions from other users. Quick search and easy navigation means you find the right verse at the right time and offline access to downloadable translations is useful for those no-fi moments.

Regular updates add to the genius of this app and recent features enable sharing via Facebook and Twitter and a live icon that interacts with church services and conferences so you can follow message outlines, take notes and contribute. The menupromise of video devotionals only works with a USA IP address but their promise to extend coverage reveals an ambition to keep delivering a winner.

Released free for most mobile platforms

www.youversion.com

Glo

TED

by Immersion Digital Being highly visual, this had instant appeal!

The architecture is eye-catching with a clean, funky, multilayered and intuitive interface. Glo is free and divides the experience into four sections or ‘Lens’ - BIBLE, ATLAS, MEDIA and ME; each is well designed and packed with information. When you select a certain book from the Bible, a chapter-line unravels with titles giving an overview, and once inside you can share, copy, adapt font, add to your in-app journal or swipe up additional related information.

The media-rich elements of maps, reading plans, 360-degree virtual tours, videos and photos are great and the journal allows you to track your thoughts and standout verses. Upgrade in-app to get even more but if you like your app to have style, then this doesn’t just ‘glo’ - it beams!

Available for iOS, Windows PC and Mac

www.globible.com

by TED Conferences Once installed you will wonder how you ever lived without visiting this inspiring, informative, challenging, luxuriously-loaded, digital dwelling place.

I have spent many happy hours there!

TED refers to Technology, Entertainment and Design and the app is devoted to ideas worth spreading.

It features top talks from a wide variety of speakers - tech wizards, music legends, culture makers, free radicals - on fascinating and diverse themes through high or low res video with the option of saving on to your device or sending via airplay. An ‘Inspire Me’ section guides you to a playlist of undiscovered talks and a separate page brings together all your saved talks. An extensive search function, bookmark and sharing options complete the menu. Absorbing.

Released free for Android and iOS

www.ted.com

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Got Questions?

by Got Questions Ministries

Do you ever get your premillennialism mixed up with your amillennialism? Well, never in a thousand years will that ever happen again with the help of this brave and enlightening app! Featuring over 1800 answers and comments to frequently asked questions about the Bible, theology, ethics, spirituality and philosophy; organised by topic, updated regularly and with sharing options and podcasts. You can even send in a question of your own!

STUDENT LINKUP APP Sue Rinaldi Sue Rinaldi travels internationally as a concert artist, worship coordinator, speaker and creative consultant. A self-confessed info junkie and movie enthusiast, her interest in culture, justice, technology and the future fuels her living and writing. She is a regular Music and Gadgets contributor to Liberti magazine.

The writing and review staff are experienced pastors, bible students, youth workers, biblical counsellors. Even though their American zip code informs some of the answers, this text-heavy and exhaustive app is an amazing read.

Available for Android and iOS

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Washing Machines and Broken Bulbs Pippa Elmes won’t let the old ruin the new When freshers arrive at university it’s not new technology that baffles them, it’s the old stuff. Washing machines in the laundry won’t start (the door’s not shut properly). Toasters give you electric shocks (don’t use a knife to get your toast out when it’s plugged in at the wall). Your lights are broken (the bulb has blown - buy a new one). The things that have always just happened in the background can trip us up when we step into independence.

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Are you assuming that church will just happen when you get to university?

Maybe you’re still around church stuff out of habit, your experience is that church is dull and lifeless, or worse, judgmental. Perhaps your faith started to disappear ages ago, or you’re not really sure if you ever believed in the first place.

Or perhaps your experience of church has been brilliant. You’re used to it being great and are expecting to find that ready and waiting for you when you get to university.

Either way, don’t let the old things hold you back at university. This is your opportunity for a new authenticity, rawness and honesty. A time for exploration, not for just carrying old assumptions into a new life. Explore God, church and community and don’t let prior disappointments or fixed expectations hold you back.

be embarrassing and awkward. It can also be hilarious, adventurous and eye-opening.

God knows that and this is your chance to not let his plans for your life fall by the wayside because of what has been in the past.

God has new things for you and will walk with you as you burn your fingers on the toaster and look like an idiot in the process.

Whatever you do, don’t assume it will just happen and don’t think there’s nothing more than you’ve currently experienced. God made you, and he made this world. It is more diverse and complicated and beautiful than you could ever imagine - go explore it!

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I’m considering cutting off my thumb. Not because it’s broken, not because I don’t like it… if truth be told, I’m actually quite attached to it. But I’m thinking maybe it’ll have to go.

I’m finding that my first digit has taken on a life of its own recently. Since mobile phones became mini computers in our hands, my thumb has turned into a powerful tool of access and connection. Almost subconsciously it has learnt to swish-click-swish, and before you know it I have hundreds of photos of my mates before my eyes, Twitter has been informed of the bible passage I just read, and my emails have been

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checked. All of this happens in the space of about three minutes (wifi-connection-depending) and the whole routine need never engage my brain as to why I’m doing it or what effect the swish-click-swish is having. My thumb calls the shots, in step with the habit I’ve acquired.

It’s not that the world we now hold in our hands is a bad thing. There’s plenty to love and appreciate, plenty of improvements this access and communication brings. Facebook and Twitter spread testimonies and encouragements further than we can imagine, emergency prayer calls get out there in an instant; the network lights up in a chain-reaction of cyber community. Most of our students at church know what’s going on via an online wall of information. I have used a bible app many times when sharing a passage over coffee on

Cutting Off My

Thumb

Miriam Swaffield wonders if she’s given her first digit too much power

campus. One time, thanks to the joys of online bible translation on my phone, I even shared a psalm in Arabic with the Muslim woman sat next to me on the train. The swish-clickswish of our thumbs makes sharing easy, the excuse of ‘not having my bible on me’ no longer stands, and we have more outlets than ever to communicate our faith in Jesus.

And yet, I’m considering cutting off my thumb.

Why? Because if this is all so easy, access so instant, and our unthinking brains repeat the cycle of social networking, I wonder if we’ve cheapened ourselves into communicating anything and everything, saying so much and yet actually speaking of nothing. I wonder if we think we have shared our faith in Jesus with our friends because we updated the ‘religion’ category in our profile information. Have we

convinced ourselves we are bold in sharing our faith because of an overt mention of Jesus on a status at Easter? And tweeting the Bible is basically the same as studying it….right?

I want to see students whose lives embody all the pages of identity, communication and connection you could ever seek to browse.

With statuses of God’s faithfulness written all over their faces and Jesus on their lips, in real conversation with living breathing humans sat opposite them, eye contact and everything.

What if we didn’t just tag the photos of us on a night out with our mates, but put down the camera, breathed-in the moment and remained fully present? What if we were more bold and real about our passion for Jesus when you meet us than you could get a glimpse of over any online site? What if all

the cyber versions of ourselves simply shone like neon signs towards us in the flesh, and Jesus our maker, as authentic arrows pointing towards the truth?

So I’m thinking I’ll cut off my thumb. Reprogram my default away from text first, talk later, into opening my eyes and ears to what God is doing with me and through me where my two feet are, in that moment.

Be fully present with the people in front of me. And if, as I live in that, I feel prompted to share the joy, to back-up my reality in engagement with the cyber community…. then so be it. But the swish click swish needs to be questioned before we assume it’s helpful. Our thumbs need to be called to account in case, without realising it, they’ve taken over the gritty, risky, exciting job Jesus gave us to share the good news with the people we meet. ‘For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk, but of power’ (1 Corinthians 4:20), and we carry the Holy Spirit in us, the power of God, not just a powerful machine in the palm of our hands.

So, see you later thumb. I’ll get back to you when I have something to report, something that warrants telling the world behind the swish-click-swish a story of God moving in power in a friend’s life when I embodied good news to them, fully present, no phone necessary.

MIRIAM SWAFFIELD STUDENT MISSION DEVELOPER

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Dr Rob Waller

With contributions from: Revd Will Van Der Hart, Dr Kate Middleton, Dr Roger Bretherton, Jonathon Clark

The Stuff of Life is the sort of stuff that affects all of us to a greater or lesser extent. Stuff that impacts our relationships and outlook on life, stuff that, if not faced, can diminish our freedom and enjoyment of dayto-day living. Primarily aimed at students and twenty-somethings, this book will also be of enormous benefit to parents in understanding the pressures their children face, youth workers in helping young people with common ‘stuff’, and teenagers in better understanding themselves and their friends.

All these resources and more are available at www.fusion.uk.com/resources

Fuse invited Patrick Dixon to give us his thoughts on the future of technology and its impact on student work

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It’s all about shared experience, breathing the same air, being present.

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Jesus criticised the leaders of his day for not knowing how to interpret ‘the signs of the times’. (Matt 16:2-3). One of the signs of our own time is developments in technology.

Facebook receives one trillion page views every month, but it is just the beginning of the digital age. By 2040 we may achieve fusion of our brains and the web. In the meantime, research shows that intense digital activity, for example playing computer games, is altering the structure of our brains.

Analysis of the brains of London taxi drivers shows that the part of their brain which is used for memory and mapping is physically larger than in the brains of other people.

What we do not know is the longer term impact on people who are growing up in a hyperintense digital world. A world where most social interaction is virtual, either with digital machines or with people who are not physically there.

A Tribal People The more virtual our lives become, the more physical we want to be. Just look at the explosive growth of music festivals, the huge popularity of open air rock concerts and football matches, the vast crowds for the Queen’s Jubilee, and the growth of Christian events like Soul Survivor. It’s all about shared experience, breathing the same air, being present.

Tribalism is the most powerful force on earth today. Tribalism is about belonging,

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common language, culture, traditions. Every team is a tribe and every brand creates one. Every local community may contain many tribes. Every denomination is a tribe and so is every church home group.

Unlike trends that come and go, tribalism is enduring. The biblical narrative is dominated by tribal themes: the descendants of Abraham; the tribes of Israel; the Jewish nation; through Jesus we, as non-descendants of Abraham, becoming grafted into God’s family. A vision that every tribe under heaven will one day be united in Christ. Humans are social creatures and we all, students included, have a God-given need to belong, and know who we belong to, written deep into our genetic code. Tribalism drives community but also can lead to sectarianism. As Student Workers our aim is to harness tribalism in the most positive way. Here’s how: T – TRUST In a world where there is a crisis of trust, building it is fundamental to all successful student work. That means being a point of consistent care and support in a rapidly changing and uncertain time; keeping our word, respecting confidence (1 Cor 4:2, Luke 16:12, 1 Tim 3:11-16).

R – RESPECT The fastest way to win trust is to respect people as individuals, take them seriously, and believe in their future. Jesus demonstrated deep respect for people who had little self-respect, or who were despised by others. Those you treat with respect are more likely to do the same to you.

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Tribalism is the most powerful force on earth today.

I – INSIGHT Student workers need to be where students are at and right now that may mean on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, texting or whatever comes next. Tokenism is not enough. It means deep participation and engagement, making those worlds your own. That may take a lot of time, but there is absolutely no other way to maintain insight. This will also increase your scope of influence. At the same time, we must remember that the digital world cannot be an end in itself. We should pray for extra insight that God himself may provide to understand complex situations, for wisdom to know how to help and what to say (Prov 2:6).

B – BELONGING Are you helping your students to belong, in your church community and in their communities on campus? Our greatest belonging is to Christ (Gal 5:24-26) and as we belong to him, we belong to each other (John 13:34-35).

relationship with him: to make disciples, to encourage people to seize their God-given destiny and serve him with their whole lives.

Here is a challenge: spiritual leadership comes from within, from our own relationship with God and our own lifestyle. Personal example is the most powerful way of all to lead, (2 Tim 3:10) and one of the most powerful ways to lead, therefore, is by offering hospitality (1 Peter 4:9).

Our calling as student workers is to interpret the signs of the times and to know what they mean to those we seek to influence. But our purpose is beyond today’s headlines or tomorrow’s trends: to enable each person we are with to take hold of their own future, to seize the destiny God has prepared for them since the foundation of the world.

Dr Patrick Dixon Dr Patrick Dixon is often called a Futurist.

He believes that we need to take hold of the future, or the future will hold of us. Patrick has been ranked amongst the top 20 most influential business thinkers alive, and is the founder of ACET, the international AIDS agency.

Join his 42,000+ followers on Twitter.

A – ACCEPTANCE Our ethos should accepting, encouraging and affirming of each person as made in the image of God and deeply loved by him. That does not, though, mean approval of every action or attitude (Luke 5:32, John 8:1-11).

L – LEADERSHIP Leadership comes from a common commitment to a shared vision: when others know where you are going and want to journey with you. However, spiritual leadership is more than that: our aim is to draw people deeper into an understanding of who Jesus is, and into

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HANNAH BOWRING STUDENT WORK DEVELOPER

hannah@fusion.uk.com 07812 567 248 @hannah_bowring

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Luke Smith explores the tension between style and content in our churches

‘You might think you’ve seen polished edges but you haven’t seen anything like these machine-polished beveled edges. They take polishing to a new plane of excitement.’

This was the gist of the keynote presentation for the much awaited iPhone 5 that recently captivated audiences worldwide.

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I was part of the seething masses due for an upgrade and pretending to be indifferent.

Unsurprisingly, I wasn’t alone in my disappointment at the lack of new features on the phone. What does it actually do differently?

There are new maps which don’t work, and it is longer. It also has extraordinarily polished beveled edges. What a relief, because that is certainly what I look for in a phone!

We see this uber-marketing behaviour all around us in our culture and, worse, we see it working. People buy the iPhone 5 in all its shiny cornered glory. Brand has become everything.

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It is irritatingly simple.

People come to church when we invite them to come to church.

My church is guilty of being infiltrated by this mindset and allowing it to change the way in which we think our church will grow. In looking to attract students, we are keen to have a great logo, slick website, interesting Facebook page and active twitter account. We believe that when students stumble across us they will think to themselves, ‘Me oh my, what a professional church! I must begin attending every Sunday because I want to be as cool as them.’ Of course, no one thinks this. I realise there is nothing wrong with having good logos or engaging with social media well, but we have become too reliant on these things in hoping they will bring people into church.

Jesus had a few challenging things to say about how we relate to other people that are worth remembering in light of this. He was almost the un-spin doctor. He spoke truth even when it was unpopular. In John 6:60-70 we read about many of his own followers deserting him because his teaching wasn’t comfortable to hear. Jesus allowed them to go, he didn’t need to be popular. In fact, in Matthew 7:13 he says that hardly anyone will really take the difficult path of the gospel. Most people want an easy option - but it is a mirage! Do we speak the difficult truth to the students in our towns or settle for a fluffier message?

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People with integrity who will share their lives and spend themselves on others. The cutting edge of the church wields the Sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. When we are really honest we know how our churches will grow, we just don’t like it. Churches grow when we unashamedly share our faith through words, works and wonders. It is irritatingly simple. People come to church when we invite them to come to church. We might prefer it if we could win people into the Kingdom through advertising, but we can’t. Kingdom growth has a cost: our reputation, our finances and possibly our lives, which can seem like too big a price.

But in the still, quiet moment when we are secure in our relationship with Father God, we know it’s all worth it. So let’s get out there!

Jesus said, ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.’ (Luke 9:23) His listeners knew that the cross was a symbol of public embarrassment and humiliation. If we want to really follow Jesus we need to be willing to be publicly humiliated and embarrassed. Are we?

LUKE SMITH CHURCH RELATIONS MANAGER

luke@fusion.uk.com 07912 361 450 @Luke20Smith

Our churches don’t need incredibly polished beveled edges, they need cutting edges.

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C O N N E C T I O N

Anthony Delaney is Team Leader at Ivy Manchester Church. He explains why his church connects to Fusion.

Students in Manchester don’t connect to church easily because there’s too many other things going on! Amidst that confusion Fusion helps them to find us by being an approachable, connected network through which students can get prepared and plugged in. We love that there is more focus on helping people find the right church for them rather than one particular ‘student church’. We also value that Fusion don’t put themselves in ‘control’, instead just channeling people towards churches, so it’s up to us to then raise our game to be worth coming to (and coming back to)!

Fusion are truly missional, they remind us to keep focused on those who don’t yet know

Jesus. A strategy based around ‘we give free food’ to attract Christian students is doomed. However, if you continually try to connect with all students, especially those who are far away from God, Christians who are not just consumers will turn up as well because they’ll want to be part of that adventure. Some missional movements do the stuff and ask you for money so they can keep doing it themselves. Fusion aren’t like that. They help you to do the mission.

We are committed to working with them to pioneer the church into the student world.

FUSION’S RELATIONSHIPS

Church Networks Fusions serves a number of church networks, strengthening their work amongst young adults and helping them become increasingly effective in sending, receiving and reaching students.

New Wine is a growing network of, currently, well over 1,200 local churches working together with one vision: to see the nation changed. God is at work in the world touching hearts and transforming lives – and he’s invited us to be part of it. Come and join us and be part of a movement to see this nation changed!

Elim has been serving cities, towns and villages across the UK for almost 100 years. Our 550 local churches often vary both in style and size and are united by a desire to reach the lost and make effective disciple makers. Many of our churches, particularly those in university cities, have worked over many years to welcome and resource students. We are working closely with Fusion to develop this further.

Mark Pugh New wine info@new-wine.org @newwineuk www.new-wine.org.uk

The Ground Level Network is an apostolic movement networked together through regional and relational connections. It exists to support and care for local churches / ministries and also seeks to have a growing influence for good in the nation, affecting society in any way that it can, to be prophetic, to model Word and Spirit, relationship and kingdom. Ground Level also hosts the ONE event (formerly Grapevine).

Pioneer is a network of networks, church hubs and ministries committed to church planting, leadership development, training and the support of innovative caring projects.

We are committed to nonreligious Christianity, building missional church and working in partnership wherever we can.

We host a variety of gatherings throughout the year - our Annual Leaders Conference, Summer School of Theology and the National Churches Forum - to encourage and support leaders.

Carl Belcher

Pioneer

Mark.Pugh@serious4god.co.uk @elimpentecostal www.elim.org.uk www.serious4god.co.uk

Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland participates in the advancement of the Kingdom of God through the work of local Vineyard churches that communicate the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and practice. Across the country, university cities have Vineyard Churches that would love to welcome you into a community of people who are working out their faith practically, making room for those who are seeking, in a fun, accepting environment.

We train and equip young people to make an impact in this world, in whatever sphere God has called them. We are working with Fusion to achieve this.

Vineyard Church UK and Ireland

carl@groundlevel.org.uk

admin@pioneer.org.uk

students@vcuki.org.uk

01522 542166

023 8038 5242

@vcuki

@GroundLevel

@PioneerNetwork

facebook.com/vcuki

www.groundlevel.org.uk

www.pioneer.org.uk

vcuki.org.uk

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FUSION’S RELATIONSHIPS

Key Partners Through the key partner programme Fusion is acting as a doorway to other ministries working with, supporting, serving and resourcing students.

Our hope is that areas of specialism that have been honed and developed over many years can be much more readily accessible to students. We believe this will lead to greater joined up thinking and action that will better serve God’s purposes in this nation and the nations.

Our Easter event takes place at two Butlins resorts, attracting around 25,000 people for a week of Bible teaching, worship, fellowship as well as a dedicated 18-25s programme called Function. We also run Youthwork the Conference – a weekend event designed to encourage, equip and bless hundreds of youth workers from across the UK.

Rebecca Bowater info@springharvest.org @springharvest www.springharvest.org

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CARE’s vision is to see a society that has a greater respect for the sanctity and value of human life from fertilisation to its natural end. CARE impacts the political world and has concern for the vulnerable and needy.

The Leadership Programme, launched in 1993 and now counting over 220 alumni, equips graduates to think seriously about the co-existence of faith and culture by combining the study of Christian thought with practical experience in parliamentary and third sector placements.

Anna Campbell

Compassion supports some of the world’s most vulnerable children and, through individual sponsors, helps them break the cycle of poverty, giving them hope for the future. Compassion works through local churches in 26 developing countries to release children from physical, economic, social and spiritual poverty.

We are a network of young people and students who believe the world doesn’t have to be the way it is. We’re not content to tiptoe through life. We want to shout out against injustice, challenging the systems that keep people poor. We want to run towards a new world.

A better world. To be love in action. Together we can be the generation that ends poverty.

Together we are Collective.

KATE SHARMA info@compassionuk.org

Chris Mead

leadership.programme@care.org.uk

@compassionuk

collective@christian-aid.org

@careorguk

facebook.com/compassionuk

@theCAcollective

www.care.org.uk

www.compassionuk.org

christianaidcollective.org

Student Alpha is a seven week course introducing people to the Christian faith. Over the last ten years Student Alpha has proved to be one of the most effective tools for university students and young adults to explore the Christian faith, with over 600 courses now running worldwide. Its simple format has seen courses run everywhere from churches and halls, to McDonalds restaurants, curry houses and night clubs! It contains the same material as ‘classic’ Alpha, except that it’s been ‘squeezed’ (into seven weeks), ‘squashed’ (into thirty minute talks) and ‘spiced’ (with multi-media ingredients).

Andy Watkins

Tearfund are passionate about seeing the world changed through a generation who have the guts to become the kind of people that change the world.

We are excited about developing habits, regular patterns in our lives that change us and the world, as we live out Jesus’ values of generosity, advocacy, contentment and connection.

We call this Rhythms.

To join the community and sign up to Rhythms, head over to the website.

Dot Tyler

Our heart is to help young people capture first a vision of Jesus, then to equip, train, empower and release them into his ministry in their every day lives. We do this in many different ways including: conferences, retreats, resources, local church-based events, training events, discipleship courses and mentoring programs. Momentum is our conference for students and twenty-somethings. Come along for relevant teaching, intimate worship, ministry and a whole lot of fun!

Laura McKinney

Andy@alpha.org.

dot.tyler@tearfund.org

Laura.mckinney@soulsurvivor.com

@studentalpha

@TearfundRhythms

@MomentumGB

facebook.com/studentalpha

http://rth.ms/RhythmsFB

facebook.com/uksoulsurvivor

www.student.alpha.org

rhythms.org

www.soulsurvivor.com

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KEY PARTNER FEATURE

It’s a holiday, it’s a chance to hear world-class teaching and experience dynamic worship, it’s a chance to encounter God in a way that will help you to impact your world, and Spring Harvest 2013 is designed with you in mind.

Building on its newly established partnership with Fusion, the Spring Harvest team has created Function - an 18-30s stream - uniquely designed for you and the situations you face, tackling life as a Christian in the 21st Century.

‘This is an age group like no other,’ says Rich Wilson, national team leader for Fusion.

‘Technology is advancing and we are just supposed to handle that, the media bombards us with often unrealistic expectations, we have the pressures of studying, graduating, finding jobs - all while trying to grow in our faith and serve in our local churches.

‘It’s not easy. Which is why I am hugely excited by the partnership between Spring Harvest and Fusion. I believe it is strategic in inspiring 18-30s to pioneer the church forward and be affirmed in their various callings to serve and engage in the world around them.’

Costing from as little as £138 for the whole experience (based on four sharing), Spring Harvest is also affordable. The Function programme runs across both Butlins resorts: in Minehead (three six-day events starting from March 30 and running to April 14) and Skegness (2-7 April).

The impressive line-up extends to the Function stream. Guests include Tearfund’s dynamic Youth and Emerging Generations leader, Kiera Singlehurst-Phyo, and an evening celebration at Skegness hosted by Rich Wilson with worship led by Cathy Burton.

Wendy Beech-Ward, Director of Spring Harvest, said: ‘We’re thrilled to be working with Fusion for our 18-30s stream, Function, at Spring Harvest 2013. Wherever students are and whatever they’re facing, our hope is that Function will be somewhere they can really meet with God and feel at home.’

Feeling comfortable enough to be real with God is key for Spring Harvest 2013, and in particular for Function. Wendy added: ‘The theme is “The Source - Encountering Jesus Today,” and this will cover everything we do in 2013.

‘We are really aware that this age range has to grapple with a range of day-to-day issues unique to them. When you have an encounter with Jesus, and you understand He is the Source, everything changes. Spring Harvest is committed to creating space for that encounter to happen.’

But it’s not designed to be simply a personal experience. It’s an empowerment to make a difference in your own world. ‘Fusion and Spring Harvest are both committed to this being a great event, and helping those attending, especially the 18s-30s, to come and be impacted and to use that impact to build and strengthen their own local churches,’ added Rich Wilson.

To find out more about Spring Harvest, Function and what’s in store for 2013 visit www.springharvest.org SPRING HARVEST info@springharvest.org @springharvest www.springharvest.org

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The World at Our Fingertips What if we chose to bring together changes in technology with our need for something that will help us actually do something of significance in and for our world?

“WE BELIEVE IN THIS GENERATION”

KEY PARTNER FEATURE

We are really good at thinking and talking about how we change the world and pursue justice. We go to conferences, events and churches where we are stirred to dream that we could make a difference. We sit in our small groups and talk about what we could do differently in our communities and on campus. We sing about being a generation who are bold fighters for justice and God’s kingdom come. Then we go home‌ The majority of us have smart phones that have become our whole lives in our pockets. We socialise, organise, wake up, hear about the world, read the Bible, play games and more, all on our phones.

Technology has allowed us freedom to see and engage with the world differently. It brings the world into our lecture halls and living rooms.

The world is quite literally at our fingertips.

It means that people and places throughout the world stop being a faraway place; instead it is our world, your world, my world.

We are more connected than ever before which presents a great opportunity for us to intentionally connect our day-to-day lives with our faith, understanding of Jesus and our passionate pursuit of justice. Smart phones, apps and websites have changed how we think and how we do life. What if we chose to bring together changes in technology with our need for something that will help us actually do something of significance in and for our world?

Rhythms is a great way to use technology to actively engage with the world through regular, small actions that result in lasting change. It is a unique way to engage in discipleship and invest in our character. It responds to the overwhelming desire of our generation to be active do-ers, restorers and changers and helps us turn our singing and talking about justice into action.

The Rhythms website and app is designed to help us take our ordinary, technology-filled lives and use them for the glory of God and the building of His Kingdom worldwide. It gives us a whole bunch of ideas of small things that we could do differently in order to contribute to changing the world. From going barefoot for a day or writing a thank you letter to a mate who has helped you out, to donating money to charity by text, it helps us use technology to invest in our discipleship. And because it changes us and our character, it changes the world.

We are part of a fast-paced technology-filled world which presents countless opportunities for us to be bringers of change. Rhythms calls a generation to use the influence they have at their fingertips to become deep disciples who bravely and purposefully pursue justice every day. It calls for a generation who will not be timid in their passion to become closer followers of Jesus and who invest in small, regular actions in order to become more like Him.

Rhythms is pushing the boundaries of how we invest in discipleship and mission. To join the community and pioneer this with us, head to rhythms.org to sign up.

TEARFUND dot.tyler@tearfund.org @TearfundRhythms http://rth.ms/RhythmsFB rhythms.org

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CHARITY FEATURE

It’s not just about

‘doing something’ for ‘poor people’.

Helen, CMS discipleship advisor

Immerse yourself in another culture Connect with Christians in a new context Learn and share Be part of long-term grassroots mission CMS—the Church Mission Society—began more than 200 years ago with a group of seemingly ordinary Christians whose hearts were stirred to put their faith into action. Together, they worked to abolish the slave trade, fought for the rights of oppressed people and launched out on dangerous seas to unknown lands to share Jesus.

Now is the time, now is your chance, to see what God can do in your life when you get alongside Christians in another culture:

We still share in the pioneering spirit of our founders and some of our first members, such as William Wilberforce. Matt, an Encounter participant in 2011, was so inspired by his time at a centre for former street kids in DR Congo that he’s still linking with the project to create a sustainable energy resource.

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‘Go prepared to have many of your assumptions and values called into question—but also expect your walk with Jesus to be immeasurably deepened.’ Ian, Encounter participant

Encounter Short Term Teams www.cms-uk.org/encounter For Gap Years www.cms-uk.org/getinvolved

2013 Encounter team opportunities: Kenya, Romania, Holy Land and more!

Enter our film competition and you could win £500 towards your Encounter!

Check out our GAP placements in Kenya, Chile, Egypt, India and many more places!

Church Mission Society (CMS) @cmsmission

C H U R C H Aa Aberdeen Aberdeen Vineyard Church www.aberdeenvineyard.org.uk

C O N N E C T I O N

Hay Hill Baptist Church www.hayhill.org

Holy Trinity Combe Down

City Church Aberdeen

www.htcd.org

Crown Terrace Methodist Church

www.stlukebath.org.uk

www.citychurchaberdeen.org

St Luke’s Church

D I R E C T O RY

Beverley Beverley Community Church www.beverleycommunitychurch.org

Beverley Methodist Church www.bmcy.org.uk

St Michaels Church

Birmingham Bethany Pentecostal Church

www.gerrardstreet.com

St Michael’s Twerton

www.bethanypentecostal.com

Abingdon Christ Church

St Swithin’s Walcott

www.birminghamcc.co.uk

www.aberdeenmethodist.org.uk

Gerrard Street Baptist Church

www.cca.uk.net

Aberystwyth Elim Christian Fellowship Aberystwyth www.elimaberyswyth.org.uk

Southside Christian Fellowship www.southsidechurch.co.uk

Alsager Alsager Community Church www.alsagercc.co.uk

Ascot Ascot Baptist Church

www.ascotbaptistchurch.org

Bb Bangor Assemblies of God (Bangor) Pentecostal Church www.aogbangor.org.uk

Bangor Community Church www.bangorcc.com

Hope Church Bangor

www.hopechurchbangor.org

Barnsley Hope House Barnsley

www.hopehousechurch.org.uk

www.stmichaelsbath.org.uk www.stmichaelstwerton.com www.walcotchurch.org.uk

California Christian Centre

Bedford Brickhill Baptist Church

Christ Church Birmingham

www.brickhillbaptistchurch.org

Christ Church

www.christchurchbedford.org.uk

King’s Arms Church www.kingsarms.org

Potton Vineyard Church www.pottonvineyard.org.uk

Russell Park Baptist Church www.russellpark.org

Belfast (NI) Belfast City Vineyard Church

www.jesus.org.uk/ja/local_birmingham.shtml

Kings Christian Centre

www.kingschristiancentre.com

Riverside Church Birmingham

www.vineyardnetworkchurch.com

Fisherwick Presbyterian Church Belfast

Zion Christian Centre

www.fisherwick.net

www.zionnetwork.org

South Belfast Elim

Blackburn Global Lancs

www.southbelfastelim.org

The Church of the Resurrection, Belfast

www.willowfieldchurch.co.uk

Bath Trinity St Matts

BERKHAMSTED Kings Road Church Berkhamsted

www.freedombathandbristol.com

Jesus Fellowship Church

Vineyard Network Church

Willowfield Parish Church

Freedom Bath and Bristol

www.hopecitychurch.tv

www.thisiscfc.com

www.bathandavonvineyard.org.uk

www.fathershousebath.org

Hope City Church Birmingham

www.stjohns-church.co.uk

Bath & Avon Vineyard

Fathers House

www.cogop.org.uk

Fellowship Church Belfast

Ulster Temple Elim Church

www.bathelim.org.uk

Church of God of Prophecy

St John’s Harbourne

Bath City Church

Elim Pentecostal Church

www.christianlifecentre.com

www.citychurchbelfast.org

The Abundant Life Church

www.trinitystmatts.org.uk

Christian Life Centre

www.riverside-church.org.uk

Bath Abbey

www.bathcitychurch.org.uk

www.christ-church-selly-park.org.uk

City Church Belfast

www.thehubblefast.org

www.bathabbey.org

www.calcc.org.uk

www.belfastcityvineyard.com

Bath All Saints Weston

www.allsaintsonline.org.uk

Birmingham Christian Centre

The Dock Belfast www.the-dock.org

www.alm.org.uk/belfast www.ulstertemple.com

www.kingsroadchurch.org

Northchurch Baptist Church www.northchurch.com

www.globallancs.com

St Gabriel’s

www.stgabriels-blackburn.co.uk

BlackPool Christchurch with All Saints www.b4me.com/ccas

BOLTON Christian Way of Life Bolton Kings Church www.kingsbolton.co.uk

Deane Church Bolton www.deanechurch.org

Farnworth Baptist Church www.farnworthbaptist.org.uk

Liberty Christian Centre www.libertycc.co.uk

This list is current as of Tuesday 31st October 2012. For the most recent list go to www.fusion.uk.com/churches/find-a-church.

To edit your website address, and other church details, please go to your church dashboard.

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St Lukes Church Bolton

Ebenezer Evangelical Church

Canterbury Vineyard

Boston Holy Trinity

Edge Church International

Dayspring Community Church

www.Holytrinityboston.org

Elim @ Bristol City Church

New Life Pentecostal Church

Bournemouth St Andrews

Freedom Church Bristol

St Andrews Canterbury

Highgrove Church

St Mary’s Bredin Canterbury

Hope Community Church Bristol

Cardiff All Nations Church Cardiff

www.stlukesbolton.org.uk

www.ebe.org.uk

www.edgechurch.co.uk www.elimbristol.org

www.freedomchurch.co.uk

www.standrewskinson.org

Bournemouth Vineyard Church

www.highgrove.org.uk

www.bournemouthvineyard.com

www.hopechapel.co.uk

Bowdon St Mary’s

Ivy Church

www.bowdonchurch.org

www.ivychurch.net

Bracknell Kerith Community Church

www.pipnjay.org.uk

Pip and Jay

Parish of Bishopston and St Andrew’s

www.kerith.co.uk

www.bishopstonandstandrews.org.uk

Winton Salvation Army

RCCG, Garden of the Lord

www.wintonsa.org.uk

www.gardenofthelord.org.uk

Bournemouth Community Church

Severn Vineyard Church

www.bournemouthcommunitychurch.com

www.severnvineyard.org

Freedom Bournemouth

Simple Church

www.freedombathandbristol.com

www.simplechurch.co.uk

Bradford Abundant Life Church

St John the Baptist Frenchay

Bradford Aire Valley Church Plant

www.st-michaels-church.org.uk

www.frenchaychurch.org.uk

St Michaels Stoke Gifford

www.alm.org.uk

St Mark’s Baptist Church

www.bradfordav.org.uk

www.stmarkseaston.com

Buttershaw Baptist Church

Victoria Methodist Church

www.buttershawbaptist.org.uk

www.vic-methodist-bristol.org.uk

St John’s Great Horton

Westbury-on-Trym Baptist Church

www.stjohnsgh.org.uk

www.westburybaptist.org.uk

Bridlington Christ Church

Woodlands Church Bristol www.woodlandschurch.net

www.christchurchbridlington.com

Brighton Church of Christ the King Church on the Rock

St Augustines Church

City Gate Church

www.st-augustines.org.uk

www.citygatechurch.org.uk

Bury St Edmunds West Suffolk Vineyard

Holland Road Baptist Church www.hrbc.org.uk

www.westsuffolkvineyard.co.uk

St Peter’s

www.stpetersbrighton.org

Bristol BCF Aardvark

Cc Cambridge Cambridge Community Church

www.bcfnet.com

BCF Resound www.bcfnet.com

Bridge Community Church www.bridgechurchbristol.org

Bristol Community Church

www.bristolcommunitychurch.org

Bristol Vineyard

www.bristolvineyard.com

Calvary Chapel Bristol www.calvarybristol.com

Christ Church Clifton

www.christchurchclifton.org.uk

City Church

www.citychurch.org.uk

East Street Baptist Church

www.bedminsterchurches.net/index/Other_Church

www.smb.org.uk

www.allnationschurch.org.uk

Albany Rd Baptist Church www.albanyroadbaptist.org.uk

Capital City Church

www.capcitycardiff.org.uk

Freedom Cardiff

www.freedombathandbristol.co.uk

Freedom Church Cardiff www.freedomchurch.co.uk

Cardiff Vineyard

www.cardiffvineyard.org

City Temple

www.citytemple.info

The Gap Church

www.thegapcardiff.co.uk

Glenwood Church

www.glenwoodchurch.org

Life Church Cardiff www.lifecardiff.org

Woodville Baptist Church www.woodybap.org.uk

River City Church Cardiff www.rivercitychurch.org.uk

St Mark’s Cardiff

www.ecchurch.co.uk

www.slbc.org.uk

www.citycoastchurch.co.uk

www.sstandrewscanterbury.org

Bromley Town Church

Southborough Lane Baptist Church

CityCoast Church Brighton

www.newlifecanterbury.org

www.stmarks-cardiff.co.uk

www.bromleytownchurch.com

www.cotr.co.uk

www.dayspringcanterbury.org.uk

Bromley Bromley Baptist Church www.bromleybaptist.com

www.cck.org.uk

www.canterburyvineyard.com

www.cthree.org

Cambridge Vineyard Church www.cambridgevineyard.org.uk

City Life Church Cambridge www.citylifechurch.net

Faith Life Church

www.faithlifechurch.org.uk

Holy Trinity

www.htcambridge.org.uk

Carlisle Eden Community Church Elim Community Church www.elimcarlisle.org

Carmarthen Bethel Christian Centre

www.bethelchristiancentre.co.uk

Towy Community Church www.towychurch.co.uk

Chelmsford Central Baptist Church

www.centralbaptistchurch.org.uk

Chelmsford Community Church

www.chelmsfordcommunitychurch.co.uk

CGC Chelmsford

www.cgcchelmsford.com

Elim Christian Centre www.elim.org

Cheltenham Cheltenham Bridge

KingsGate Community Church

www.thebridgecheltenham.co.uk

St Barnabas Cambridge

www.glenfall.org.uk

Zion Baptist Church

www.cheltenhamelim.org

www.kingsgateuk.com www.stbs.org.uk

Glenfall Church

Elim Christian Centre

www.zionbc.org.uk

Godfirst

Canterbury Canterbury Baptist Church

St Paul’s Cheltenham

www.canterburybaptistchurch.org.uk

www.godfirst.org.uk www.stpaulscheltenham.com

Trinity Church

Grace Christian Fellowship

Jubilee Church

Chepstow Chepstow Baptist Church

Cottingham Christ Church Cottingham

St Alkmunds

Chesham Ley Hill Methodist Church

Revival Nation

www.trinitycheltenham.com

www.chepstowbaptist.org.uk

www.leyhill.org

Chester All Saints Hoole

www.allsaintshoole.org

Christ Church Chester

www.christchurchchester.com

Hoole Baptist Church www.hbc.org.uk

North Gate Church www.northgate.org.uk

The Community Church Chester www.thecommunitychurches.org.uk

Waverton Evangelical Fellowship www.wefchurch.net

www.graceireland.com

www.cccott.weebly.com

Doncaster All Saints, Woodlands & Highfields

www.coventrycitycorps.org.uk

St Anne and All Saints Coventry

Christian Life Ministries

Destiny Church

Coventry Cathedral

Every Nation Church

www.coventrycathedral.org.uk

www.everynation.ie

Coventry Vineyard

Dundee Gate Church International

www.st-mary-magdalen.org.uk www.clmchurch.co.uk

www.coventryvineyard.org.uk

Elim Pentecostal Church www.elim-coventry.org.uk

www.kingschurchcoventry.org

Revelation Church www.revelation.org.uk

Chorleywood St Andrew’s Chorleywood www.st-andrews.org.uk/youth

Clitheroe St James Church, Clitheroe

www.stjamesclitheroe.co.uk

Coleraine Causewaycoast Vineyard

www.causewaycoastvineyard.com

COLCHESTER Colchester Area Community Church www.colchesterareacommunitychurch.org.uk

Kingsland Church Lexden www.kingsland.org.uk/lexden

St Johns Church

www.stjohnscolchester.org.uk

www.jesus.org.uk/ja/local_coventry.shtml

Jubilee Church Coventry

www.destinychurch.ie

www.gatechurch.co.uk

The Steeple Church

www.thesteeplechurch.org.uk

Durham Bethshan

www.bethshanchurch.net

Walsgrave Baptist Church

www.emmanuel.org.uk

Westwood Church

www.kcd.org.uk

www.walsgraveaptists.org.uk

www.westwoodchurch.co.uk

Crawley Crawley Baptist Church

www.crawleybaptistchurch.org.uk

Crewe New Life Community Church www.newlifecentre.co.uk

Hope Church Crewe

www.hopechurchcrewe.com

West Street Baptist Church

www.weststreetchristianfellowship.org.uk/

Croydon Emmanuel South Croydon www.emmanuelcroydon.org.uk

Cullompton St Andrews

www.standrewscullompton.com

Dd Darlington Elim Pentecostal Church www.elim-darlington.org.uk

Elim Church Colchester

Dartford Emmanuel Dartford

www.elimcolchester.co.uk

www.cornerstonechurch.ie

Kings Church

Colchester Baptist Church

www.colchesterbaptistchurch.org.uk

www.all-saints-church.net

Dublin (IRE) Cornerstone Church

Zion Church

www.chichesterfamilychurch.com

www.feedyoursoul.org.uk

St Mary Magdalen Church

www.the4-6.blogspot.co.uk

www.jubileechurchcoventry.org

Chichester Chichester Family Church

www.stbd.org.uk

Coventry Coventry City Corps

Christian Life Church Chesterfield www.lifeworthliving.co.uk

St Barnabas

Trinity Baptist Church Derby

Jesus Fellowship Church

www.lifechurch.org.uk

www.alkmunds.org.uk

www.ilovechurch.co.uk

Chesterfield Acorn Christian Ministries www.acm-uk.org/

www.jubilee.org.uk

Emmanuel Church Durham Kings Church Durham St Nicholas

www.stnics.org.uk

Ee Eastbourne Eastbourne Family Church www.elimeastbourne.org.uk

Community Church

www.churchinthecommunity.co.uk

Kings Church

www.kingschurch.eu

Living Stones Community Church Eastbourne www.livingstoneschurch.co.uk

Victoria Baptist

www.victoriabaptist.org.uk

St John the Evangelist www.stjm.org.uk

Edinburgh All Nations Christian Fellowship www.ancf.org.uk

Barclay Viewforth

www.barclayviewforth.org.uk

Capital City Church International www.3cint.co.uk

Charlotte Chapel Edinburgh

www.epcdartford.com/launch/

www.cbcequip.org

www.sourcehythe.co.uk

Derby

www.cce.uk.net

St Stephen’s Church

Community Church Derby

Destiny Church

www.communitychurchderby.org

www.destinyedinburgh.com

Conwy i61 Church

Derby Vineyard

Morningside Baptist Church

www.i61.org

Haven Christian Centre

St Paul’s and St George’s

Cork (ire) Dungarvan Christian Fellowship

St Nicholas Church

SOURCE Christian Community www.ststephens-colchester.org.uk

www.dungarvanchurch.org

www.derbyvineyard.com

www.stnicholasallestree.org.uk

Community Church Edinburgh

www.mbc.org.uk

www.pandgchurch.org.uk

The Rock Elim

www.rockelim.com

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Egham Harvest New Anglican Church

Glasgow Elim Church

Harvestime Church

www.salvationarmy.org.uk/glasgow

Holy Trinity

www.gwvineyard.co.uk

Hope Christian Centre Staines

www.Kirkiebaptist.com

Morning Star Christian Fellowship

www.qpbc.org

Jubilee Church

Gloucester Gloucester Community Church

www.harvestimechurch.net www.fowm.org

www.holytrinitysunningdale.co.uk www.hopechristiancentre.org.uk www.mscf.co.uk

www.jubileelife.org

Runnymede Christian Fellowship www.e-runnymede.co.uk

St John’s Egham

www.stjohnsegham.com/

The Journey

www.thejourney.org.uk

United Church of Egham

www.united-church-of-egham.org.uk

Epsom Generation Church www.generation.org.uk

Exeter City Community Church www.cccexeter.org

City Life Church Exeter www.exeterlife.org

Exeter Network Church www.enc.uk.net

Exeter Vineyard

www.exetervineyard.co.uk

Isca Church

www.iscachurch.org.uk

www.farnhamvineyard.org.uk

Gg Gillingham Ebenezer Community Ministries www.ebenezer-ecm.co.uk

www.banjos.org.uk

St Catherine’s Gloucester

www.unionbaptist.org

St Brinus and St John

www.stcatharine.org.uk

Hitchin Christ Church

Grantham New Life Grantham

www.christchurchhitchin.org.uk

www.newlifegrantham.org

Huddersfield Community Church

Grimsby City Church Grimsby

www.community-church.co.uk

www.nelcitychurch.org.uk

Gledholt Methodist Church

Guildford Guildford Baptist Church

Huddersfield Salvation Army

www.gledholtmethodist.co.uk

www.salvationarmy.org.uk/huddersfield

www.guildfordbaptist.org

Emmaus Road Community Church www.emmausrd.com

www.rockchurchkent.net

Glasgow Destiny Church Glasgow www.destiny-church.com

Hull City Life Church

www.citylifehull.co.uk

Cottingham Road Baptist Church

www.st-saviours.org.uk

www.cottroad.org.uk

Westborough Church Guildford

Jubilee Church

www.westborough-urc.co.uk

www.notdull.org

www.staidans.org.uk

www.freshwaterscf.org.uk

Holy Trinity Church

Halifax All Saints

Hull Community Church

www.holy-trinity.org.uk

www.community-house.co.uk

www.allsaintshalifax.org.uk

Hull Vineyard

The King’s Church

www.hullvineyard.com

www.thekingscentre.org.uk

Hastings Christ Church Blacklands & St. Andrew www.blacklands-parish.co.uk

www.elimchurchcentre.org.uk

Kings Community Church www.kcchatfield.org.uk

St John the Baptist Church Ipswich www.stjohsipswich.org.uk

Kk Kendal St Thomas Church

www.saintthomaskendal.net

Kettlewell Scargill House Skipton

St John’s Hatfield

www.bishopshatfieldparish.co.uk www.springscf.org.uk

www.cfchurch.co.uk/

www.proclaimers.com

Springs Christian Fellowship

Ii Ilfracombe Ilfracombe Christian Fellowship Church Ipswich Proclaimers Ipswich

www.sonrisechurch.co.uk

www.hope4hatfield.org

St Aidan’s Hull

Hh Harlow Freshwaters Christian Fellowship

Hatfield Evangelical Baptist Church

Rock Church Kent

www.fenstantonparishchurch.org.uk

St John’s Church Woodbridge

The Voice

www.kingstreasure.org.uk

Huntingdon Fenstanton Parish Church

RCCG Winners’ Place Guildford

Sonrise Church Hastings

KingsTreasure Church

www.huddersfieldchristianfellowship.com www.kirkheatonchurch.org.uk

www.gcconline.org.uk

St Mark’s Gillingham www.voice-uk.org.uk

Huddersfield Christian Fellowship Kirkheaton Parish Church

Guildford Community Church

Elim Church Centre Hastings

www.stmarkschurchgillingham.co.uk/

Union Baptist Church

www.krbc.org.uk

Beulah Christian Fellowship www.inn.org.uk/beulah.html

North Thames Vineyard

Kendal Road Baptist Church

St Saviours

Farnham Farnham Vineyard

www.nnrbc.org

www.norththamesvineyard.org.uk

St Andrews Exwick Exeter Unlimited Exeter

www.lightandlife.co.uk

Micklefield Elim Christian Fellowship Church New North Road Baptist Church

www.onechurchgloucester.com

www.stjohnstoke.com

Light and Life Truro

www.gledholtmethodist.co.uk

One Church Gloucester

St Johns Stoke

www.lightandlife.co.uk/falmouth

Gledholt Methodist Church

www.gcchurch.co.uk

www.riversideexeter.co.uk

Falmouth Light & Life

www.kchw.co.uk

Queens Park Baptist Church

Riverside Church Exeter

www.oasiscornwall.com

High Wycombe Kings Church High Wycombe

Kirkintilloch Baptist Church

www.stjohnswoodbridge.org.uk

Falmouth Oasis Church Penryn

www.freedomchurch.co.uk

Glasgow Westend Vineyard

Night Church

unlimitedchurch.wordpress.com

Ff

City Centre Corps

www.rccgwinnersplace.org.uk

www.bishopcc.org.uk

Hereford Freedom Church Hereford

www.glasgowelim.org.uk Glasgow

www.scargillmovement.org

Kibworth Beauchamp St Wilfreds

Leicester Church of the Martyrs

London All Saints Peckham

Lancaster Christians Alive Lancaster

City Church Leicester

Antioch Community Church

Holy Trinity Leicester

Ascension Balham Hill

Hope Hamilton Church

Bless Community Church, Ealing

King’s Church Leicester

Brockley Community Church

Leicester Christian Fellowship

Catch the Fire London

www.stwilfs.freeserve.co.uk

Ll

www.christians-alive.org.uk

Father’s House

www.fathers-house.co.uk

Lancaster Baptist Church

www.lancasterbaptistchurch.org.uk

Lancaster Free Methodist Church www.lfmc.co.uk

St Thomas Church Lancaster

www.martyrs.org.uk

www.citychurchleicester.org www.holytrinityleicester.org www.hopehamiltonchurch.org.uk www.kingschurchleicester.org.uk www.leicesterchristianfellowship.co.uk

www.allsaintspeckham.org www.antioch.org.uk

www.ascensionbalhamhill.org.uk www.blesscc.org

www.brockleycc.org www.ctflondon.com

www.st.tees.org.uk

Leicester City Vineyard

Chase Family Church

LEAMINGTON SPA Christ Church

Oadby Baptist Church

Chiswick Christian Centre

Presence

Chinese Church in London

Trinity Life Church Leicester

Christ Church Cockfosters

Lichfield St John’s Community Church

Christ Church Spitalfields

www.christchurch.org.uk

Jubilee Church Leamington Spa www.jubileechurchleamington.co.uk

St Mary’s Church

www.stmarysleamington.com

St Paul’s Leamington Spa www.stpl.org.uk

Leatherhead Pioneer Engage Church Leatherhead www.pioneerengage.org.uk

Leeds Abundant Life Church Leeds www.alm.org.uk

Blenheim Baptist Church www.blenheim.org.uk

Bridge Street Church Leeds www.bridgestreetchurch.org

Christ Church Upper Armley City Church Leeds

www.leicestercityvineyard.org.uk

www.chasefamilychurch.com

www.oadby-baptist.org.uk

www.chiswick.cc

www.presence-church.com

www.ccil.org.uk/so/

www.trinitylifechurch.org.uk

www.cockfosters.org.uk www.ccspitalfields.org

www.stjohnscommunitychurch.org.uk

Church of Christ the King Plumstead

Lincoln Grace Church

City Gates Church Soho

www.gracechurchlincoln.org

New Life Christian Fellowship www.newlifelincoln.org.uk

Threshold Church Nettleham www.thresholdchurch.co.uk

www.ccklondon.org

www.citygateschurch.net

Every Nation

www.everynation.org.uk

Equippers Church City www.equipperscity.co.uk

Equippers Church West

Lewes King’s Church Lewes

www.equipperswest.co.uk

St Mary’s Church

Gateway Church Leyton

www.kingschurchlewes.org

Fulham United Reformed Church www.fulhamurc.org.uk

www.barcombe.net/church

www.gatewaychurch.org.uk

Gateway Church Leeds

www.greenwichvineyard.org.uk

www.gatewayleeds.net

Liverpool Devonshire Road Christian Fellowship

Hope City Leeds

Hope City Church

www.kingsharrow.org

Frontline

www.hillsong.co.uk/young_adults

Grace Family Church

www.hischurchlondon.org

Jesus Fellowship

www.htb.org.uk/students

Jubilee Church Liverpool

www.htsc.org

www.citychurchleeds.net/

www.hopecitychurch.tv

Leeds Central Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org.uk/leeds

Mosaic Leeds

www.mosaic-church.org.uk

South Parade Baptist Church www.spbc.org.uk

St Georges

www.stgeorgesleeds.org.uk

St Johns Yeadon

www.stjohnsyeadon.org

The Oak Church

www.theoakchurch.co.uk

Leeds Vineyard

www.leedsvineyard.org

Holy Trinity Meanwood

www.holytrinitymeanwood.org.uk

St Chad’s Far Headingley www.stchads.co.uk

St Michael’s and All Angels

www.st-michaels-headingley.org.uk

All Hallows Church Leeds Leigh-on-Sea Leigh Road Baptist Church www.lrbc.org.uk

www.hopecitychurch.tv www.frontline.org.uk www.gfc-liverpool.org www.jesus.org.uk

www.jubileechurchliverpool.org

Greenwich Vineyard Church King’s Church Harrow Hillsong London

His Church Kingston-upon-Thames Holy Trinity Brompton Holy Trinity Swiss Cottage Hoxton Vineyard

Mossley Hill Church

www.hoxtonvineyard.org.uk

Frontiline Central

www.ichthusforesthill.com

South Liverpool Vineyard

www.ichthus.org.uk

St Andrews Clubmoor Liverpool

www.jesus.org.uk

www.mossleyhillchurch.org.uk www.studentchur.ch

www.southliverpoolvineyard.com www.standrewsclubmoor.org.uk

St James in the City

www.stjamesinthecity.org.uk

St James Campus Congregation www.stjamesinthecity.org.uk

St Stephen’s

www.st-stephens.org.uk

Wavertree Christian Fellowship

www.wavertreechristianfellowship.org.uk

Ichthus Forest Hill

Ichthus New Life Greenwich Jesus Fellowship Church Kensington Temple www.youth.kt.org

Kings Church Kingston www.kingschurch.com

Kings Cross Church (KXC) www.kxc.org.uk

Kingsgate Church Richmond www.lci.org.uk

Kingston University Chaplaincy www.kingston.ac.uk/chaplaincy

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Latymer Christian Fellowship

St Mary’s Upper Street Islington

The Well Church Loughborough

London Community Church

St Michaels Chester Square

The Junction Church

London City Life Church

St Michaels Southfield

Lumen United Reformed

St Pauls Hammersmith

Luton City Life Church Luton

Mill Hill East Church

St Peters Harrow

www.latymer.org.uk

www.londonchurch.org

www.londoncitylife.co.uk

Church www.lumenurc.org.uk ww.mhechurch.co.uk

www.stmarysislington.org

www.stmichaelschurch.org.uk

www.stmichaelssouthfield.org www.sph.org

www.stpetersharrow.co.uk

www.thewellchurch.org

www.junctionchurch.net

www.loveluton.org

Hope Church Luton www.hopechurch.co.uk

Stopsley Baptist Church

Molesey Community Church

St Paul’s Ealing

New Life Church (North London)

St Paul’s Kingston Hill

New River Church Islington

St Paul’s Shadwell

Northwest Church London

St Simon’s Shepherd’s Bush

www.calvarychurchmacclesfield.org.uk

Oak Tree Acton

St Stephens East Twickenham

www.stgeorgesstbaptistchurch.co.uk

Oasischurch Waterloo

The Community Church Putney

www.gncmacc.org

Quaystone Church London

The Good Shepherd Mission

Maidenhead River Church

Queens Road Church Wimbledon

The Kings Cross Baptist Church

Restore (Peckham)

The Space London The Well Camberwell

www.mccrefresh.com

www.newlife-london.org.uk www.newriverchurch.net

www.northwestchurch.co.uk www.oaktree.org.uk

www.oasischurch.info www.quaystone.org www.qrc.org.uk

www.restore-peckham.org

Holy Trinity Richmond www.htrichmond.org.uk

House of Prayer London River of Life ICC rolicc.org

www.stpaulsealing.com www.stpaulskingston.org.uk www.stpaulsshadwell.org www.stsimons.co.uk

www.st-stephen.org.uk

www.thecommunitychurch.uk.com

www.goodshepherdmission.org.uk

www.thekingscrossbaptistchurch.com

www.thewellcc.org.uk

Tollington Parish www.tollingtonparish.org.uk

Tower Hamlets Community Church www.thcc.org.uk

Riverside Vineyard

Victoria Park Baptist Church

South West London Vineyard

Westbourne Grove Church

Shoreditch Tabernacle

Westminster Community Church

St Alban’s Fulham

Calvary Chapel London

St Barnabas Kensington

Canada Water Church

St Cuthberts North Wembley

Highway of Holiness Kahaila Church

www.riverchurch.org.uk www.swlv.org.uk

www.shoreditchbaptist.com www.stalbansfulham.org www.stbk.org.uk

www.stcuths.org

St Cuthberts Wood Green www.stcuthbertschurch.org.uk

St Dionis Fulham www.stdionis.org.uk

St Gabriel’s Church www.st-gabriels.org

St Georges Holborn

www.stgeorgesholborn.org

St James’s Church, New Barnet www.stjamesnewbarnet.com

St James the Less Pimlico www.sjtl.org

St John’s Hampton Wick www.stjohnshamptonwick.org

St Luke’s Kentish Town www.slkt.org.uk

www.vpbc.org.uk

www.westbournegrovechurch.org www.westminsterchurch.org.uk www.shorelinelondon.co.uk

www.canadawaterchurch.com

www.lifecafechurch.wordpress.com

King’s Church London

www.kingschurchlondon.org

St Barnabas Church www.stbarnabas.co.uk

St Paul’s Church

www.stpaulsbrixton.org

St Thomas with St Stephen’s www.stwss.org.uk

The Bear Church www.thebear.tv

Central London Vineyard www.clv.org.uk

Loughborough Emmanuel Church Loughborough www.easm.co.uk/emmanuel

St Marks Battersea Rise

Elim Loughborough

St Mary’s Bryanston Square

Kings Church Loughborough

St Marks Forest Gate

Open Heaven

St Marks Kensal Rise

Junction 24

www.stmarks-battersea.org.uk/ www.stmaryslondon.com

www.stmarksforestgate.org.uk www.saintms.co.uk

www.elimchurchloughborough.org.uk www.kingschurch.co.uk www.openheaven.org www.junction24.com

www.stopsley.net

Christ Apostolic Church www.cacluton.org

Mm Macclesfield Calvary Church

St Georges Street Baptist Church Good News Church

www.riverchurch.org.uk

St. Peter’s Maidenhead www.real-life.org.uk

Maidstone Loose Baptist Church www.loosebaptistchurch.org.uk

Malvern The Source

www.thesource.uk.com

Manchester Altrincham Baptist Church www.altrinchambaptist.org

All Saints Marple, Stockport www.marpleparish.co.uk

!Audacious Church

www.audaciouschurch.com

Didsbury Community Church Christ Central www.christcentral.org.uk

Elmwood Church Manchester www.elmwood.org.uk

Hope Church Manchester www.the-hope.org.uk

Ivy Manchester

www.ivymanchester.org

Kings Church Manchester www.makingjesusfamous.org

Langworthy Community Church

www.langworthycommunitychurch.com

Lighthouse Christian Centre www.lighthousecc.co.uk

Manchester International Alliance

www.manchesterinternationalalliance.com

Oasis church

www.oasistrust.org/salfordcentralchurch/

Life Church

www.smcf.org.uk

St Chads Romiley

www.stchadsromiley.co.uk

St Elizabeth Greater Manchester stelizabethshorwich.co.uk

St James and Emmanuel

www.stjamesandemmanuel.org

St Mary Magdalene and Sale West Community Church www.stmarysaom.org

St Pauls Kersal and St Andrews

Silverdale Elim Church

Grace Church Nottingham

Vinelife

St Luke’s (New Wine on Tyne)

Life @ The Centre

Marlow River Church Marlow

Tyneside Vineyard

Outreach Church

Newquay Blaze Church

Saviours

www.stpaulsparish.org.uk www.vinelife.co.uk

www.riverchurch.org.uk

Melton Mowbray Melton Vineyard www.meltonvineyard.org

Merthyr Merthyr Elim Church

www.methyrelimchurch.co.uk

www.elimchurchsilberdale.org.uk www.stlukesnewcastle.co.uk www.tynesidevineyard.org.uk

www.gracechurchnottingham.org www.lifeatthecentre.com www.outreachchurch.co.uk www.saviours.org.uk

www.blazechurch.org.uk

St Andrew’s Nottingham

Newport, Wales Bethel Community Church

St Giles West Bridgeford

www.bethelnewport.co.uk

Kings Church Newport www.kings-church.org.uk

www.standrewsnottm.org.uk www.stgilesparish.com

St Nicholas Nottingham www.stnics.org

St Stephens with St Pauls The Rock West Bridgford

Middlesborough Middlesborough Community Church

Newquay Christian Centre

One Life Church Teesside Tees

www.thelabnewport.org

Thomas Helwys Baptist Church

Northampton Broadmead Baptist Church

Trent Vineyard

www.middlesboroughcommunitychurch.org www.onelifechurch.org.uk

Community Church www.tvcchurch.org.uk

Tees Valley Community Church www.tvcchurch.org.uk

Coulby Newham Baptist Church www.cnbaptist.com

St Barnabas Church www.st-barnabas.net

Milton Keynes Grand Union Vineyard Church

www.grandunionchurch.org

MOIRA (NI) St John’s Moira

www.moiraparish.org.uk

Morecambe Fusion Church Morecambe www.fusionchurch.org.uk

Nn Newcastle The House

www.nccdream.com

The Lab

www.broadmead.org.uk

Central Vineyard Church www.centralvineyard.co.uk

New Pastures Church

Orpington Fullness of Christ Ministries

www.newpastureschurch.com

St Giles

www.stgilesnorthampton.org.uk

Storehouse Church

www.storehousechurch.co.uk

Duke Street Evangelical Church

City Church Newcastle www.city-church.co.uk

Destiny Church

www.destinynewcastle.com

Diocese of Newcastle

www.newcastle.anglican.org

Elim Church

www.elimnewcastle.org.uk

Heaton Road Baptist Church www.heatonbaptist.org

Hope City Church Newcastle www.hopecitychurch.tv

NORWICH City Church Norwich www.citychurch.co.uk

Eternity Norwich

www.gatewayvineyardnorwich.org.uk www.norwichvineyard.co.uk

St Mary, Newton Flotman

www.ovc.uk.com

Oxfordshire Community Church oxford.occ.org.uk

Jesus Fellowship Oxford www.jesus.org.uk/oxford

St Aldates Oxford www.staldates.org.uk

Pp Penryn Highway Church

www.tasvalley.org

www.highwaychurch.co.uk

Stoke Holy Cross

Peterborough KingsGate Community Church

www.stokeholycrosschurch.org

Surrey Chapel

www.surreychapel.org.uk

Proclaimers

www.proclaimers.com

www.kingsgateuk.com

Plymouth City Church Plymouth

Nottingham Beeston Oasis Christian Centre

www.citychurchplymouth.org.uk

Charis Life Church

Plymouth Christian centre

Christian Centre

Plymouth Methodist Central Hall

Eagle’s Nest Church

Plymouth Vineyard

Everyday Champions Church Nottingham

St Andrews Waterfront Church

Gods Vineyard Ministry Nottingham

Devonport Community Baptist Church

www.beestonoasis.org.uk www.charislife.org.uk

www.christian-centre.org www.eaglesnest.org.uk

Jesmond Methodist Church

www.everydaychampions.org.uk

Newcastle CLC

www.godsvineyardchurch.org

www.jmc-newcastle.org.uk

Ossett Trinity Church Ossett Oxford Oxford Vineyard

www.jesus.org.uk/northampton

Newcastle Under Lyme Newcastle Baptist Church

www.bethshanchurch.net

www.stpaulscrofton.org.uk

www.trinityossett.org.uk

Norwich Vineyard

Newcastle upon Tyne Bethshan

St Paul’s Crofton

Jesus Fellowship Church Northampton

Gateway Vineyard Norwich

www.elimchurchsilverdale.org.uk

www.fullnessofchristministries.co.uk

www.dukest.com

Newcastle Christian life Centre

Silverdale Elim Church

www.trentvineyard.org

Oo Ormskirk Ormskirk Christian Fellowship www.ocf.org.uk

www.klc.org.uk

www.thehousenewcastle.org

www.newcastlebaptist.org.uk

www.thomashelwysnottingham.org.uk

Kingdom Life Church Northampton

www.eccnorwich.org.uk

www.mynclc.co.uk

www.the-rock.org.uk

Mutley Baptist Church www.mutleybaptist.co.uk

www.plymouthchristiancentre.org www.plymouthcentralhall.co.uk www.plymouthvineyard.org.uk

www.waterfrontchurch.org.uk www.devonportbaptist.co.uk

www.mynclc.co.uk

Register your church for Fusion’s Church Connection at www.fusion.uk.com/churches.

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RIPON Holy Trinity

St. Judes Plymouth www.judes.org.uk

Poole St Mary’s Longfleet

www.holytrinityripon.org

Vine Christian Fellowship

www.Cnbparishes.org.uk

New Generation Church www.newgen.org.uk

Slough River Church Slough

Rugby Christ Church

www.smlpoole.org.uk

www.vinechurchpoole.com

www.riverchurch.org.uk

Ss Sale St Mary Magdalene and Sale West Community Church

Pontypridd Coedpenmaen Baptist Church www.coedpenmaenbaptist.co.uk

www.stmarysaom.org

St Catherine’s Church

Salisbury City Gate Salisbury

www.st-caths.org

Family Church

www.southamptoncbc.org.uk

City Life Church www.citylife.org.uk

Highfield Church Southampton

www.ccm.org.uk

www.family-church.org.uk

www.highfield.org.uk

St. Clements Salford

Kings Church

www.kingschurchportsmouth.co.uk

Portsmouth Vineyard

www.portsmouthvineyard.org

Olton Baptist Church Southampton Central Baptist Church

Salford CCM: Salford

www.myclc.org.uk

www.renewalcc.com

www.oltonbaptist.org

www.citygatesalisbury.com

Portsmouth City Life Church

SOLIHULL Solihull Renewal Christian Centre

www.salfordchurch.org

Kings Community Church

Scarborough Ebenezer Baptist

Life Church

www.kcc.uk.net

www.lifesouthampton.org

Trinity Methodist Church Portsmouth

www.ebenezerbaptistchurchscarborough.org.uk

Langstone Church Portsmouth

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe Baptist Church

www.scfchurch.net

www.scunthorpebaptist.co.uk

www.stmarkssoton.co.uk

Sheffield Antioch Community Church

Southport Calvary Church Southampton

Cemetery Road Baptist Church

Victory Gospel Church Southampton

City Life Christian Church

Shoreline Church

St Martin’s

www.langstonechurch.com

Preston Preston Vineyard

www.prestonvineyard.org

Ribble Valley Church

Preston Elim Pentecostal Church www.elimpreston.org.uk

St Cuthbert’s Preston

City:Base Sheffield

Rr Radcliffe St Andrews

www.citybase.org

www.stmarkssheffield.co.uk

Reading Abbey Baptist Church Reading www.abbeybaptistchurch.org.uk

All Nations Christian Centre

LifeSpring Church Reading www.lifespringchurch.org.uk

Greyfriars Church

www.connectgreyfriars.org.uk

Harvest International Church www.harvestinternational.org.uk

Reading Vineyard Church www.networkvineyard.org.uk

St Laurence

www.saintlaurencereading.com

Thameside Church Reading www.thamesidechurch.co.uk

Romford re:generation Methodist Church www.regerationchurch.co.uk

Romford YMCA

www.romfordymca.org/spiritualality

Rotherham Rotherham Evangelical Church www.rotherham.ec

Royston Royston Community Church

St. Mark’s

www.calvarysoton.co.uk www.victory.uk.net

www.shorelinechurch.org.uk

St Mark’s, Broomhill & Broomhall

www.standrewsradcliffe.org.uk

www.tlc-royston.org.uk

www.crbchurch.org.uk www.citylifecc.com

www.stcuthbertschurch.net

www.allnationselim.org

Riverside Family Church

www.antiochsheffield.org.uk

www.ribblevalleychurch.net

New Community Church www.newcommunity.org.uk

www.stmartinandstjohn.org

www.trinitysouthsea.org.uk

The Eccles

www.the-eccles.com

Hope City Church

Stirling Church @ Stirling

www.churchatstirling.co.uk

Stanford-leHope

24-7 Prayer Stanford

www.hopecitychurch.tv

www.24-7prayer.com

www.jesus.org.uk/sheffield/

St Albans St Albans Vineyard

Jesus Fellowship Church Kings Centre Christian Church www.kingscentreonline.com

St John’s Park

www.stjohnpark.org.uk

St Stephens Church

www.ststephenschurch.org.uk

St Thomas Crookes

www.churchforstudents.com

St Thomas’ Philadelphia www.sttomsstudents.co.uk

Shipley St Peters

www.stpetes.org.uk

Shoeburyness Shoeburyness and Thorpe Bay Baptist Church

www.shoeburybaptistchurch.org.uk

Shrewsbury St Thomas Hanwood

www.stthomashanwood.org.uk

Sidcup Avery Hill Christian Fellowship www.averyhill.info

www.thevineyardchurch.co.uk

Network Church

www.networkchurch.org

St Mark’s Colney Heath www.stmarks.info

St Pauls St Albans

www.stpauls-stalbans.org

ST HELENS St Marks Haydock

www.stmarkshaydock.org

Stoke on Trent Breathe City Church

www.breathecitychurch.com

Christchurch

www.Christchurch-alsager.org.uk

Longton Elim

www.longton-elim.org.uk

Stockton-on-Tees Destiny Church Teeside www.thedestinychurch.co.uk

Hebron Church

www.hebronstockton.org.uk

Norton Baptist Church

www.nortonbaptistchurch.org.uk

The Vine Teesside www.onlinevine.org.uk

Stockton Citadel, Salvation Army www.facebook.com/stocktonsa

Stokesley Stokesley Parish Church

www.stokesleyparishchurch.org.uk

Stretton St Lawrence Church

www.strettonparish.org.uk

Sunderland Bethany City Church

www.bethanycitychurch.org

Bethshan

www.bethshanchurch.net

Elim Sunderland

www.elimsunderland.org.uk

Wolverhampton All Nations Christian Centre Wolverhampton

www.gracetruro.org

www.allnations.org.uk

Uu Ulverston Ulverston Parish Church

www.ulverstonparishchurch.org.uk

Majesty Christian Centre Uxbridge

www.vintagefaith.co.uk

The Crown Church Uxbridge

www.clifec.co.uk

www.hillypark.org.uk

www.majestycc.com

www.crown-church.org

Ww Wakefield Destiny Christian Church www.Destinychurch.co.uk

Walsall The Rock Church

www.stbenetsparish.org.uk

St Matthews Walsall

Sunderland Monkwearmouth Salvation Army

www.stmatthewswalsall.co.uk

Walsall Community Church

SUTTON Vineyard Church Sutton

Walton-on-Thames Walton Baptist Church

www.walsallcommunitychurch.org

www.waltonbc.org

Sutton Coldfield Duke Street Church

Warrington Thomas Risley

Swansea Cornerstone Church

WARWICK OpenHouse Warwick

Canopy Church Swansea

Watford Soul Survivor Watford

www.dukestreetchapel.org.uk

www.cornerstonechurch.co.uk www.canopyswansea.co.uk

Elim Swansea (The City Temple) www.elimswansea.org.uk

Lifepoint Church www.lifepoint.org.uk

www.lifespring.uk.com

St Jude’s Wolverhampton

St Benets

www.vineyardchurch.org

Church 18-30 Lifespring Church Wolverhampton

Uxbridge Hillingdon Park Baptist Church

www.therockchurch.co.uk

www.monkwearmouthsa.org.uk

www.thomasrisley.org

www.openhousewarwick.org.uk

www.soulsurvivorwatford.co.uk

Wells Wells Vineyard

www.stjudeschurch.org.uk

Vintage Faith Wolverhampton Life Christian Centre Wolverhampton Worcester All Saints Worcester

www.allsaintsworcester.org.uk

Resonate Worcester www.elimresonate.co.uk

St Peters Baptist Church Worcester www.stpetersbaptist.org.uk/spbc/

Worcester Baptist Church

www.worcesterbaptistchurch.org.uk

Worcester Vineyard

www.worcestervineyardchurch.org.uk

Wrexham ChristChurch Wrexham

www.christchurchwrexham.org.uk

Yy York Calvary Chapel

www.calvarychapelyork.com

Christ the Light Church Huntington www.christthelight.org.uk

Clifton Parish Church www.cliftonparish.org.uk

Elim Pentecostal Church www.yorkelim.com

G2 York

www.g2york.org

Gateway Church

www.gatewaychurch.co.uk

Linden Christian Centre

www.wellsvineyard.com

United York

Parklands Church

Westcliff-on-Sea Westcliff Baptist Church

The Ark

www.lindenchurch.org.uk

www.parklandschurch.org.uk

Woodlands Church www.woodlands.cc

Tt

Truro Grace Church

Tadley Taste

www.tasteyouth.co.uk

Totnes Totnes United Free Church www.totnesunitedfree.org.uk

Tonbridge Tonbridge Baptist Church www.tbc-online.org.uk

Thetford Fountain of Life

www.westcliffbaptist.org.uk

Wimborne The Warehouse

www.warehousewimborne.co.uk

Winchester Winchester Family Church www.winfam.org

www.the-ark.net

York Vineyard

www.yorkvineyard.com

York City Church

www.yorkcitychurch.org.uk www.yorkcommunitychurch.co.uk

St Oswalds Church

www.st-oswalds-fulford.org.uk

St Michael le Belfrey

Wirral Wirral Christian Centre

St Pauls

www.winvin.org.uk

www.wirralchristiancentre.com

www.folchurch.co.uk

TROWBRIDGE St Thomas Trowbridge

Wokingham Sindlesham Baptist Church

www.wokingvineyard.org

www.sindleshambaptistchurch.com

York Community Church

Winchester Vineyard

Woking Woking Vineyard

www.stthomastrowbridge.org.uk

www.unitedyork.nu

www.thebelfrey.org

www.stpaulsyork.org.uk

St Thomas with Maurice York www.stthomaswithstmaurice.org.uk/

Heslington Church LEP

www.heslingtonchurch.org.uk

St Andrew’s & All Saints York www.huntingtonparish.org.uk

University of York Catholic Chaplaincy www.york.ac.uk/univ/chap/

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A Year of Change and Impact What a difference a year makes! Back in September 2011 our head office moved to Loughborough after 13 years in Chichester and a new Fusion office was also established out of St Michael le Belfrey, York. We said tearful goodbyes to three longstanding team members and hello to four new ones. The average age of the team decreased from 37 to 26. We started the year very skint and full of hope.

The new team quickly found their feet and it turned out to be a remarkable year.

The 90 Challenge helped raise nearly £18k to fund Student Linkup. 14 people attempted 90 Challenges, doing something (usually a little bit crazy) to help cover the cost of one of the 90 days of Student Linkup.

454 people gave generously to this cause and 35 people gave their time to linking up new students at summer events. Together they spent nearly 500 hours talking to people about starting uni. 2150 students were linked to churches in every university town and city in the UK. Over 1700 attended student seminars and were prepared for the university experience.

Fusion gathered 275 student workers this year through Student Work Training and the number of churches that are part of Fusion Church Connection grew from 558 to 755. Collectively they disciple around 13,000 students. The Fusion Team made over 400 visits to local churches to consult, equip, train and strengthen their work with students and to inspire action for student mission through the loveyouruni project.

Fusion are strengthened by your support and ask for your continued prayers, encouragement and financial sacrifice as we work to see the transforming Gospel of Jesus Christ impact students and the universities, cities and future work places they inhabit.

Rich Wilson National Team Leader, Fusion

Costs of Generating funds

Governance costs

£678

£12,840

Charitable Activities:

£225,488

Bank interest

£5

Training and conference fees

£2,534 Gift aid

£8,150 Sale of training materials

Total Expenditure

£239,006

£9,782 Total Income

£315,022

Unrestricted Grants

£38,250 Restricted Grants received for 2012-13 financial year

£27,000 Donations from Churches and individuals

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