| Role |
- To demonstrate the love of God, as seen in Christ, for all
who live, work and spend time in the city centre
- To provide opportunities for varieties of worship for a transient people
- To offer pastoral care and nurture for a scattered congregation,
for members of other churches whilst they are in the city centre
and for those who belong to no church at all
- To fulfil a representative and prophetic role to civic, media,
district and ecumenical authorities and structures on behalf of
the wider Methodist Church
- To offer support and affirmation for Christians in the work place
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| Tensions and Challenges |
- Responding to the changes in city centre life and embracing new and varied models
of ministry — there is a constant need for the city centre church to reflect,
adapt and reshape itself
- The city centre, with other areas, often bears the brunt of many injurious changes in society
- The responsibility of being the flagship church and focus for the District,
denomination and the wider church
- The explosion of the leisure industry and new patterns of Sunday life
- The development of city centres and the continual change of population
- The demands of a seven-day, 24-hour city
- The effective deployment of resouces and personnel
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