Christian community

• The church has a duty of caring for faithful christians in their own communities
• During the 20th century: Church cared for Christians by...

  • providing facilities and staff for worship and religious instruction
  • new churches were built
  • different denominations agreed to share facilities between them and work together to serve the local community
• What is ecumenism?

  • relationships between different denominations
  • the church of cornerstone in Milton Keynes
• 21st century: new modern ways to have 'church'

  e/g Fresh Expressions
• What do Fresh Expressions do?

  takes Christianity to people e/g cafes