The History of the Project 2004-05

The Project grew out of conversations during the early 2000s about what was needed to increase the support available to local urban mission practitioners across the Christian community.

In September 2004 an Urban Mission Development Advisor, Erica Dunmow, began work jointly funded by the Evangelical Coalition for Urban Mission and the Methodist Church.

The five main outcomes planned for the first three years of the Project were:

1. linked databases of projects and denominational officers active in urban mission, for most of the major urban/metropolitan areas
2. self-sustaining networks of practitioners at the urban/metropolitan level in those areas, supported by a coalition of such networks
3. help for churches in interpreting relevant government policies
4. better access to information on funding for urban mission
5. the identification of the key issues for urban mission and theology and the training needs that come out of that.

The first year's work was reported to the Projects' sponsors and endorsers at the June 05 Next Steps Event.  The report produced contained the results of research on outcome 5 with 128 local practitioners to identify the issues they wished to see addressed.

Download Next Steps Report 2005

See subsequent History pages for further reports:

2005-2006

2006-2007