History of UK Urban Mission

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Greg Smith's  digitised archive of publications by the oganisations and networks with which he  has been involved is

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Hard Copy Archives of the Evangelical Coalition for Urban Mission and Christian Coalition for Urban Mission, with related papers, 1987-2018 (52 boxes, ca 13 linear metres) were deposited at Bristol Baptist College by the Trustees in October 2015, initially on loan but subsequently converted to a gift. With a supplementary deposit on the Christian Coalition for Urban Mission from another donor.

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A catalogue can be accessed

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For further information and to request access to the collection please contact Mike Brealey" library@bristol-baptist.ac.uk

Every Issue of the urban mission magazine published by the Evangelical Coalition for Urban Mission 1983- 1998

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Faith in the City 25 Years on - reflections by Adrian Newman is

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The Salvation Army began on the streets of East London in 1865 when Methodists, William and Catherine Booth, abandoned the traditional concept of a church pulpit to take God’s word directly to the people..

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Harvie Conn (1933 -1999) was a Presbyterian Missionary to Korea, worked in Phildelphia and for many years editor of the US journal "Urban Mission". Read more about him here.

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A historical, theological and anthroplogical analysis of the mid Victorian slum priest ritualists and their legacy  

Download Thesis

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Stratford, Timothy Richard (2008) Urban liturgy in the Church of England: A historical, theological and anthroplogical analysis of the mid Victorian slum priest ritualists and their legacy. PhD thesis, University of Sheffield.

Greg Smith's Urban Tract  published by William Temple Foundation can be downloaded

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and a video recording of the webinar which launched the publication

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Colin Marchant's history of the Baptists in Newham is

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The review of urban mission was set up by the Methodist Church to evaluate the impact of
the completed ecumenical Urban Mission Development Project and
to make recommendations about the support of urban mission in Methodist and ecumenical contexts.

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The final report is

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London City Mission was founded over 180 years ago, on 16 May 1835, through the pioneering efforts of a young Scotsman called David Nasmith.

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A summary version of the 1985 report of the Archbishop's Commission on Urban Priority Areas published by Christian Action Journal is

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The archive of the Commission is accessible

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Monica Hill's pages

•  A history of the early days of the Harold Road Centre

For people interested in the history of urban ministry and a bit of nostalgia about my early career in Newham, Monica Hill has published online her account of those years

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https://www.candmministries.org.uk/resources/books/east-enders-restoration/561/introduction

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• 50th Anniversary of Trinity Centre, East Ham Some of our previous initiatives are looking back to celebrate their roots and continuity by drawing us back in.

• Developing Change-Making Concepts in Newham The need to change continues to be high on the agenda in many areas.

Kenneth Leech (15 June 1939 – 12 September 2015), was an English Anglican priest and Christian socialist in the Anglo-Catholic tradition and an inspiration to many of us who worked in urban mission and ministry. An account of his life, and ministry with publications list is HERE . There are appreciative obituaries from Jon Kurht and Angus Ritchie . His archives are held at the Bishopsgate Institute

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Disorderly cities and the policy-making field: the 1981 English riots and the management of urban decline

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Regeneration and the Legacy of Thatcherism

Juliet Carpenter - 15 October 2014

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Understanding the riots

John Lea and Simon Hallsworth

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Michael Heseltine on Housing 2009

A Voice in the City: 150 Years History of the Liverpool City Mission

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Gordon Reid, David Jebson

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SEE MORE HERE