Faithworks Unpacked is a comprehensive, accessible and practical manual designed to enable churches to respond to the needs of their community in a professional and confident way, consistent with their faith, but also resulting in the establishment of sustainable projects, which bring about ongoing, positive change.

"If the church is to act to address the needs of the times and to deliver on the imperatives that Christ has called upon us as his followers to witness, we need to equip ourselves for this purpose…The church itself must embrace an agenda of reform and modernisation that is evidence based and analytical, but is fired by God’s love.  This manual is both these things.  I commend it wholeheartedly in the spirit of St Augustine, who reminds us: ‘hope has two beautiful daughters.  Their names are Anger and Courage.  Anger at the way things are and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.’  This is the real challenge of Faithworks – to move from sentiment to strategy."                 Rt Hon Paul Boateng MP

Faithworks Unpacked deals with:

• Researching & identifying the local community’s real needs
• Accurately assessing the local church’s ability to respond
• Developing strategy, including planning, evaluation, financial planning & business plans
• Project Implementation, including management, funding, legal, charitable & personnel issues
• Building strong partnerships with National/local Government and other community groups
• Obtaining higher levels of  resourcing
• Delivering professional and sustainable community projects
  

Published by Kingsway, priced £8.99, ISBN 1842910280.

It can be purchased online at www.faithworks.info/books