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Member Stories: Church On-Line - comes to the UK (12.08.09)
'Church On-line' and ‘Network Church’ are names that have become more familiar in recent years. It can mean any number of ways of doing church through connecting with others who are not necessarily in the same place at any time. RUN member, Chris Byers tells us of one example that has recently been set up in London using on-line church resources which networks with people from all over the world...

Member Stories: Community Missioner - released into mission, not bound to church (03.02.09)
In 2006 Abingdon Baptist Church took, what was for them, a big risk and created a new role of Community Missioner without really knowing what it would look like or what the outcomes would be - Colin Pattenden tells the story......

Member Stories: Relevent to the Community - Orangefield Presbyterian Church, East Belfast (28.11.08)
Ken McBride, tells the story of Orangefield Presbyterian Church in East Belfast, Northern Ireland, a story of vision, perseverence and commitment. Orangefield has been a member of RUN for many years and has hosted two of our day conferences, including the most recent ‘Café Culture’ day....

Member Stories: Diary of a Church Plant - The River (14.10.08)
It’s not every day that you get to hear a blow by blow account of the set up of a brand new church venture, but Rob Schulz of ‘The River’ has done just that. Birthed out of a longstanding vision to see a ‘church for the unchurched’ in the Medway towns of Kent, Rob and his team have seen a steady increase in people being reached, using a variety of activities and venues......

Member Stories: Cafe Church - a dream ticket for Costa Coffee and the Church (21.04.08)
Cid Latty (Minister at Christchurch Baptist in Welwyn Garden City) spoke passionately at our 'Cafe Culture' day conferences in Altrincham and Southampton about how Christchurch became involved with Costa Coffee, his vision for a cafe church in every high street and why he has set up the Cafechurch Network to facilitate this. We asked him to tell his story for Sprint....

Member Stories: Newton Mearns Baptist Church / Exist (12.02.08)
RUN Member, Newton Mearns Baptist Church in Scotland, tell their story, about an exciting and innovative project called 'Exist' and about their relationship with RUN....

Member Stories: Friends Together Now - Dronfield (20.12.07)
Christians from five different churches in one area of Dronfield, North-East Derbyshire – a town of around 21,000 people – have joined together to form ‘FTN’ – Friends Together Now.Julie Thompson, who recently joined RUN, on behalf of FTN tells us about this local initiative......

Member Stories: Tubestation and the Jesus Long Board Classic (21.11.07)
As part of the Fresh Expressions initiative, international charity Christian Surfers is making waves using a Methodist chapel in Polzeath, North Cornwall, a coastal village The Times called “The thumping heart of cool Cornwall”....

Member Stories: The Rock (07.09.07)
The Rock was founded in 2006 by a group of Christians who felt disillusioned with traditional church. A caricature of such a church would be an inward looking group, more concerned for their own needs with little desire to change to accommodate growth. Mission might be spoken of, but strictly as some one else’s job! Having joined RUN in October 2007 we asked Mike Stanbrook for the story so far....

Chocolate Legacy – The Story of ‘The Pavilion’ (10.07.07)
The Bourneville area of Birmingham is renowned for giving us the Cadbury’s brand of chocolate. But the legacy of the giant of the chocolate industry is more than just generations of extra dental fillings. ...

Members Stories: Pre – Alpha Events (05.06.07)
Encouraging people to join an Alpha course presents many challenges, especially the one of breaking down wrong perceptions of the church. New Life Church, Congleton always tries to run a pre – Alpha event to which potential Alpha guests are invited...

Members Stories - Hereford's Mission to Migrant Workers (31.03.07)
People in a strange land working long hours, lonely, needing help, advice and support.... Read how a group of churches have responded to this challenge in mission...

Members Stories: Staveley – the long haul (05.02.07)
We interviewed Phil Pierce to find out what being ‘in for the long haul’ meant to him and church he has been serving for the past 17 years - Staveley Community Church in Derbyshire...

Members Stories - Grime at the Cathedral (07.11.06)
'How do you reach a generation who are excluding themselves from most contact with the adult world?' This was a question facing RUN member Peter Howell-Jones, Missioner for the Diocese of Birmingham, as he looked out at the groups of young people who frequently ‘loitered’ around the city’s Cathedral. ...

Members Stories - War and Worship in the Priory (04.10.06)
How do you do worship in a traditional church on a tough housing estate? That’s been my dilemma since arriving in Upton Priory as vicar 6 years ago...

Members Stories: Music Festival - Eden People (01.09.06)
What did you do this summer? - here’s a story of how a group of Christians in the Guildford area took time out to engage with people at their local music festival...

Members Stories – Bridging the School / Church Gap (01.08.06)
Pop Connection creates an opportunity for 5-11 year olds to thoroughly enjoy themselves by recording their very own pop music CD using eight original ‘boppy’ pop songs. These songs teach children about life and how God expects them to live it...

Members’ Stories - Village Festivals – West Yorkshire Methodist Circuit (02.07.06)
We are often asked for examples of churches in rural areas which are making a difference. Here’s one we came across from RUN member Sue Pegg in West Yorkshire, where the church certainly seems to have a strong presence in their communities...

Members Stories - Church Beyond Walls – an Update (13.06.06)
Our recent RUNway magazine featured Tamworth’s Elim Church (Church Beyond Walls) which has sought to reach out to its locality through a number of community services. Their mission statement is ‘to share the love of God through word and deed.’ We thought it would be good to get back to Steve Jonathan and ask for an update and further insights…...

Members Stories - A Church that’s Good for the Soul? - Soul Café, Chester Green, Derby (18.05.06)
Why do people leave church? Why do people who are attracted to spirituality and Jesus Christ not like the idea of church or religion? What could be done for these people to help them engage with spiritual issues?
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Members Stories - The Rock ConneXion, Harrogate (06.04.06)
What about Saturday evening in the town centre? Well, that’s a different story. Like a wealthy teenager, Harrogate veers between being pompously smart on social occasions and demonstrating the universal British ‘yob culture’ - rowdy groups of young people spilling out of a pub, and having ‘fun’ on the streets. Perfect place for a church then...

Members Stories - Church at the Heart of Community (18.03.06)
This month’s Members Story focuses on two RUN member churches who have made the bold move to challenge the maxim that ‘the people won’t come to church, so the church must go out to the people’...

Members Stories - Haddenham Baptist Church (04.02.06)
A ‘traditional’ Baptist Church in Cambridgeshire that is being transformed through vision and a passion for its local community....

Members Stories - Edinburgh’s Office Block Parish (01.01.06)
There is an Oasis at the heart of Edinburgh’s financial services sector, one that reaches out to and serves the businesses, government agencies, hotels and theatres around Lothian Road in Edinburgh’s West End, and it’s called … OASIS....

Members Stories - Crescent Road Congregational Church, Dunkinfield, Manchester. (06.12.05)
Christmas time has always been an excellent opportunity for sharing the gospel. However, during the last four years churches throughout the North West region have been presented with a unique resource in the form of ‘Real Christmas’...

Members Stories - Chelsea Community Church (01.11.05)
Find out how a small LEP in the heart of London has impacted their community through a long term commitment to love and serve children, families and the homeless....