Missional Partnership
Manchester & Salford Urban MissionChorlton Central Church is a member of Manchester & Salford Urban Mission
a Missional Partnership of the North Western Synod of The United Reformed Church
Our Shared Mission
Synod Principles
Our priority is God's Mission
We Believe
– Our Mission is to our local communities
This means
– Love and Solidarity for all our neighbours
– Loving actions – not just words
– Challenging the causes of poverty and exclusion, not just alleviating the symptoms
– Partnering with others outside our churches to achieve our shared goals
We Understand
– Speaking out against injustice, may require being controversial and willing to be criticised, and sometimes this will be hard.
– This requires a willingness to be vulnerable, speaking truth to power
The strong should help the weak
– Everyone deserves respect and dignity
– ALL are strong in some things and weak in others, and so although the language of Strong and Weak is easy to understand, it is not always helpful.
– Through our working together we will come to recognise everyones gifts and blind-spots, including our own.
This means
– We believe everyone should have opportunity to be involved in decisions which effect them, bringing real experiences to the conversation.
– Relationships should always be two way.
We Understand
– Mission is ALWAYS With, never for, or too!
– This requires a willingness to be vulnerable, and give away some of our power
We belong to each other, under God
– We are neither independent nor dependant, we are all interdependent
This means
– Becoming more interconnected between our churches, with other partners in the community, and especially with those on the margins
– Learning from others and learning from ‘apparent’ failures
We Understand
– This requires a willingness to be vulnerable ourselves, trusting others with power
Our Partnership Churches
St Paul’s and St John’s – Abbey Hey
Inspire – Levenshulme
Roby – Longsight
Trinity – Moss Side
St Peter’s – Manchester
Wilbraham St Ninian’s – Chorlton
The Dandelion Community – Wythenshawe
MediaCityUK Church – Salford
Luther King Centre – Rusholme
Our Ministry Team
The member congregations are served by a team of Ministers, a Church-Related Community Worker and a Youth and Families Development Worker.
Liz Kam
Church Related Community Worker
Liz is a Church Related Community Worker based at our Inspire Church in Levenshulme.
Her work includes builing interfaith relations, and helping churches across the partnership assess and improve their community impact.
Kate Gray
Minister
Kate is a Minister at The Dandelion Community – Wythenshaw, with over 19 years in Urban Ministry.
She currently works one day a week for the local church whilst studying for her PHD in UK poverty issues.
Ruth Watson
Special Category Minister
Ruth is a Pioneer Minister at the MediaCityUK Church, which is based in the Oasis Academy School in Salford.
Her passion and ministry is working with children and young people.
Jo West
Youth and Families Worker
Jo is our Children and Families Inclusion Worker based at Inspire Church in Levenshulme.
Adam Scott
Non-Stipendiary Minister
Adam is the Principle of Northern College based at the Luther King Centre for Theological Education in Rusholme, Manchester.
Mike Walsh
Special Category Minister
Mike is a Pioneer Minister working in Chorlton. His remit is to engage people in their 20s to 40s in the many cafes, bars, and social spaces in Chorlton.
Urban Theology
Our churches are situated in the urban towns of Manchester and Salford, working in diverse communities of both affluence and need. Our theology is one of solidarity and transformation – working with others to …
