Unreached

Unreached by Tim Chester

Think of the thriving evangelical churches in your area. Chances are they will be in the 'nice' areas of town and their leaders will be middle class. Tim Chester once attended a lecture where the speaker showed a map of Sheffield. The council wards were coloured different shades, according to social indicators: educational achievement, household income, benefit recipients, social housing, criminal activity, and so on. Slide after slide showed that the east side of the city was the needy, socially deprived half, compared to the more prosperous west. Where are the churches? Counting all the various tribes of evangelicalism, the large churches are on the west side. The working-class and deprived areas of our cities are not being reached with the gospel. There are many exciting exceptions, but the pattern is clear. According to Mez McConnell from Niddrie Community Church in Edinburgh, of the fifty worst housing schemes in Scotland, half have no church, and most of the others only have a dying church. Very few have an evangelical witness. This book is about reaching deprived, urban, working-class areas, often estates or schemes. It offers us the combined experience of the Reaching the Unreached working group, an informal network of Christian leaders from different parts of the UK. This book doesn't claim to be the final word. But it presents us with a vision of what can be done. We pray that it will capture imaginations and start a vital process in our hearts and minds.

Thoughtful analysis at its best, supplemented by excellent practical suggestions and ideas-- Steve Gaukroger * Clarion Trust International; former President of the Baptist Union *
Offers flashes of penetrating insight and perception. -- Frog Orr-Ewing * Rector of Latimer Minster, Bucks, Uk *
Tim writes both from ministry experience and a passion for the gospel... Valuable practical insight and needed advice. -- Joel Virgo * Christ the King, Brighton *
Outspoken and provocative. Breaks new ground. Issues a straightforward challenge which the evangelical community in the UK desperately needs to hear. -- David Smith * Senior Research Fellow, International Christian College, Glasgow *

Dr Tim Chester is a pastor of Grace Church in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, UK (www.thecrowdedhouse.org/boroughbridge). He has previously been Research and Policy Director for Tearfund UK and an adjunct lecturer in both Reformed spirituality and missiology. He speaks at conferences (including Keswick, where he is a trustee) and is the author of over 40 books, including Mission Matters and Sent (IVP). He is married with two grown-up daughters. Content and contributions from: Matt Banks, Efrem Buckle, Steve Casey, Duncan Forbes, Peter Froggatt, Dai Hankey, John Mark Hobbins, Andrew Holt, Peter Jackson, Jo McKenzie, Andy Mason, Julian Rebera, Simon Smallwood, Dan Strange and Andy Toovey.

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ISBN 13	9781844746033
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Title	Unreached
Author	Tim Chester
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Inter-Varsity Press
Year published	2012-10-19
Number of pages	176
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