The Effective Christian Presence and Enterprise (ECPE) project has aimed to identify, learn from, encourage and network sustainable and enterprising forms of Christian ‘presence’ across Yorkshire and the Humber. 

The term ‘presence’ was chosen by the 19 project participants to encompass the diversity of their community action - including local churches, social enterprises, Christian charities, community projects, arts-based initiatives and much more. 

Our questions included:

• What do ‘success’ and ‘effectiveness’ look like for these presences?
• How effective are these presences?
• What assets do these presences have?
• What are the strategic drivers behind the effectiveness of these presences?
• What barriers do they face and what needs do they have?
• How can we encourage more of this sort of work?

We found that seven factors particularly influenced effectiveness:

Please download this free report by clicking on the links in the right hand panel.