MISSION PROJECTS
LIFE CHURCH VALUE - PARTNERSHIP
The mission is too big for any one person, organisation or church to achieve and so we partner with God, each other and others to see His Kingdom come here on earth as it is in heaven.
East Lancashire
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Community Grocery
In partnership with the Message Trust, Life Church brought the Community Grocery initiative to East Lancashire in 2022. We currently have 2 locations, Valley Street Community Centre and Down Town in Burnley Town Centre. As well as a route out of poverty, the Community Groceries give a sense of dignity to the shoppers and provide wrap-around care through offering services in partnership with Burnley Together, Christians Against Poverty and Alpha, as well as prayer support.
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Christians Against Poverty
Christians Against Poverty is a national charity that enables people to find freedom from debt. CAP gets alongside people by empowering them with budgeting skills, communicating with creditors on their behalf and connecting them to the wider church community. We partner with CAP Burnley, Nelson and Colne through providing Befrienders, a Life Skills Manager, a local Debt Coach and by hosting a the local CAP steering group.
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Safe Families
Safe Families vision is to reduce the number of children being ‘looked after’ by at least 10 per cent by recruiting, training and mobilising 100,000 volunteers in communities across Great Britain by 2025. Their mission is to improve the outcomes for children and families going through a crisis. Life Church partners with Safe Families to reach out into the community by supplying volunteers.
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Women's Refuge
SafeNet empowers women and children to live free from domestic violence and abuse. Life Church provides support through the donation of clothing and household items, gifts for the women and children, and pamper days. Our team attends the Refuge once a month to bring support and friendship to the women and children living in the centre.
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New Neighbours
New Neighbours Together welcomes refugees and asylum seekers to the town with friendship, hospitality, advice and support. Life Church partners with New Neighbours Together by supporting their mission to bring asylum seekers to East Lancashire as well as donating towards their work.
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Burnley High School
Life Church co-founded Burnley High School in 2014 as a Christian ethos free school for pupils of all faiths and none. We continue to support the school which puts a high value on family and is guided by the principles of respect, ambition, resilience and responsibility. Pete Baker is currently the Chair of Governors. We also serve a number of primary and secondary schools across East Lancs, seeking to share the good news of Jesus with those children and young people.
International
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Brighter Future Schools
Brighter Future School is a primary school based in Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan. Life Church founded the school in 2006 and has been funding it ever since.
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Nxt Move Europe
Life Church is the home of Nxt Move Europe. Nxt Move is a community of transformational relationships seeking to turn around the trajectory of Christianity in the next generation. Nxt Move Europe is led by Life Church's own Dan and Marina Randall who seek to build a community of leaders of leaders, cultivate leadership in the younger generations and enable European leaders to go deep in relationship to develop clear collaborative strategies. For more information about Nxt Move globally, head to nxtmove.global.
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Czechia
Over the past decade we have been serving churches across Czech through mission trips from East Lancashire; hosting youth camps, equipping leaders, speaking and running community projects. We have also hosted UK tours, serving church and movement leaders from Czech and facilitating collective learning.
Do you want to be part of our excellent team? Find out about volunteering here.