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Building multi-cultural churches

One of the great things about London is its ethnic and cultural diversity. It is estimated that a third of Londoners are born outside the UK. Everywhere you see people of different races speaking different languages, eating different food, wearing different clothes and practising different religions.

Ken Brownell

I find this very exciting. I love shopping at our local street market in Hackney on Ridley Road where something from almost everywhere in the world – African snails, Jewish bagels, Asian fruit, Turkish delicacies – seems to be present. But it is not only ethnic diversity that is striking in London. There is also an amazing social diversity, with rich and poor, young and old and everyone in between living often in close proximity.