Coming Soon
This autumn, we will be publishing new reports on Organising for Growth: Growing Churches in Number, Depth and Impact and on Three Rivers: Community Organising, Synodality and Catholic Social Teaching
Community Organising and the Local Church reports
People of Power: How Community Organising recalls the Church to the vision of the Gospel
Angus Ritchie, CTC, 2019
Realities are Greater than Ideas: Evangelisation, Catholicism and Community Organising
Dunstan Rodrigues with Angus Ritchie and Anna Rowlands, CTC, 2018
Marching Towards Justice: Community Organising and The Salvation Army
Lieutenants John & Naomi Clifton and Majors Kerry & Nick Coke, CTC, 2015
A companion study guide for use with Marching Towards Justice is here.
A Spanish translation of the report is here.
Heart to Heart: Community Organising and the Power of Storytelling for Churches
Caitlin Burbridge, CTC, 2015
Theology for the Local Church reports
Church Growth in East London: A Grassroots View
Beth Green, Tim Thorlby & Angus Ritchie, with Rt Rev Stephen Cottrell, CTC, 2016
From Houses to Homes: Faith, power and the housing crisis
Edited by Angus Ritchie and Sarah Hutt, CTC, 2016
Grassroots Theologies of Inter Faith Encounter
Julia Ipgrave, CTC, 2015
God and the Moneylenders: Faith and the battle against exploitative lending
Angus Ritchie & David Barclay, CTC, 2013
Just Church: Local Congregations transforming their neighbourhoods
Angus Ritchie, Caitlin Burbridge & Andy Walton, CTC, 2013
Research for the Local Church reports
A Time To Sow: Anglican Catholic Church Growth in London
Tim Thorlby, CTC, 2017
21st Century Stewards: The rise of operational
management in churches and the need for new vocations
Tim Thorlby, CTC, 2017
Carry Each Other’s Burdens: How Churches can better support those serving on the margins
Laura Bagley, CTC, 2017
Assets Not Burdens: Using church property to accelerate mission
Tim Thorlby, CTC, 2017
(Two case studies of churches using buildings for mission: St David’s, Islington & KXC, Kings Cross)
Love, Sweat and Tears: Church Planting in east London
Tim Thorlby, CTC, 2016
Deep Calls to Deep: Monasticism for the City; Experiences from East London
Tim Thorlby & Angus Ritchie, CTC, 2015
Our Common Heritage: Housing associations and churches working together
Tim Thorlby & Alison Gelder, CTC, 2015 (Executive Summary here)
Churches Collaborating for Urban Mission: Learning from the Shoreditch Group
Tim Thorlby, CTC, 2014
Taking back the streets: Citizens’ responses to the 2011 riots
Angus Ritchie & Caitlin Burbridge, CTC, 2013
Other reports
Building Community: Local Church Responses to the Housing Crisis
Miriam Brittenden & Tom Sefton, CTC/Church of England, 2019
Abide in me: Catholic Social Thought and Action on Housing Challenges in England and Wales
CTC/Caritas Social Action Network/Catholic Bishops of England & Wales, 2018
Money Talks: Christian Responses to Debt in the North East and London
CTC/Durham University, 2017
Keeping the faith: A short guide for faith-based organisations
CTC/Theos, 2015
Too Old, Too Young? Theology on the Ambiguity of adolescence and the impact of neglect
Angus Ritchie, Rowan Williams et al, Children’s Society, 2015
Angus Ritchie and Nick Spencer, Theos, 2014
Tax for the Common Good: A study of tax and morality
Angus Ritchie et al, Christian Aid, 2014
Who Bears the Burden? Christian theology and the impact of debt on children
Edited by Angus Ritchie, Children’s Society, 2014 – with worship & Bible study resources
Making Multiculturalism Work: enabling practical action across deep difference
David Barclay, Theos, 2013
From Goodness to God: why religion makes sense of our moral commitments
Angus Ritchie, Theos, 2012
in Paula Clifford & Angus Ritchie, The Gospel and the rich: Theological views of tax, Christian Aid, 2009
Winning Ideas: Lessons from free-market economics
Angus Ritchie and Sabina Alkire, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, 2008