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Getting to know your local community

Written by Lynne on . Posted in community, missional, research. Leave a Comment

Graffiti on wall of an underpass reads "Let's love our community"
Photo by Mike Erskine on Unsplash

An email request inspired me to do a light update of a handout I’ve often provided that outlines how churches might get to know their local communities. Census data is crucial to the process. Chatting to other groups in the community is also vital. Councils, libraries, schools and more can tell us all sorts of important things.

Take a look at this document and let me know what you think!

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Lynne is Jack Somerville Senior Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at Otago University; Director and Researcher for AngelWings Ltd; and, most importantly, wife-of-Steve; mumma of Shannon and Kayli; and daughter, sister, friend, aunt (and other essential relational connections). She’s passionate about helping people discover and grow in relationship with God. Also coffee. And creativity. And sunrises. Beaches. All sorts of good things.

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