Cross-country partnerships between very different churches are helping grow the gospel in the UK, a conference has heard.
The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) and Medhurst Ministries organised the event, Connecting Diverse Churches, so that churches from very different communities could consider what partnership might look like for them.
Medhurst Ministries exists to support churches in forgotten places, often on local authority estates or in urban deprived communities. The aim of the day was to encourage partnerships to be formed between Medhurst churches and those in more affluent communities.
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