CRT Brochure 2019

CRT

Church Revitalisation Trust

The Church Revitalisation Trust (CRT) was set up in 2017 by Holy Trinity Brompton to play our part in the evangelisation of the nation, the revitalisation of the Church and the transformation of society.

to ensure the church is able to respond practically to some of the most challenging physical, mental and economical needs of society. Our vision is to reverse the decline of the church in our lifetime by planting churches for the 95% of our population who are unchurched. We plant churches which seek to be a blessing by meeting the spiritual and practical needs in cities and urban priority areas across our nation.

At the invitation of local Dioceses, CRT reclaims derelict and redundant iconic buildings, repurposing them for 21stc mission and ensures the church is equipped to reach out and serve the needs of the community.

We would love to invite you to be a part of this journey.

CRT recruits and trains entrepreneurial church leaders who lead vibrant congregations of men and women to serve their city, and CRT also partners with best practice social transformation projects

Nicky and Pippa Gumbel Vicar of HTB and Chair of CRT

Here at CRT, we are celebrating and grateful for all we see God doing through the Church across the country. With 20 churches planted to date and a growing Network of over 85 churches, momentum is building!

We are humbled and excited to be playing our part in the evangelisation of the nation, the revitalisation of the Church and transformation of society. I would love to share with you stories of what we see happening in churches across the nation; hope for the hopeless, the broken restored, the lonely loved – the Church reimagining the future for the flourishing of society.

Some say the Church is in decline, but we think it is poised for growth and would love to invite you to join the adventure!

Lots of love, Sarah Jackson CEO of CRT

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what we do CRT has developed 6 areas of expertise to train exceptional leaders to plant churches which are vibrant, Jesus-centred and outward-looking, in order to see transformed lives, communities and cities across our nation.

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Exceptional leaders and planting teams

Resource Churches into strategic city centres and urban priority areas

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Reclaim derelict and redundant iconic buildings, repurposing them for 21st c mission

Partner with best practice projects and measure the transformational impact

Ongoing support for 85+ churches through events, online resources, coaching and development

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where we are IN THE UK City Centre Resource Churches (CCRCs) are thriving churches and resourcing hubs for Alpha and social transformation. They seek to respond to the needs of their city with the love of Jesus and with a vision to plant further churches, particularly targeting areas of social deprivation. HTB Network Churches 85, CCRCs – 20.

1 London 2 brighton 3 norwich 4 bournemouth 5 hastings 6 lincoln 7 birmingham 8 gateshead 9 nottingham 10 plymouth 11 portsmouth 12 coventry 13 crawley 14 derby 15 bristol 16 southampton 17 swindon 18 andover 19 exeter 20 preston

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where we are around the world At the invitation of the local bishop and diocese, CRT is planting, partnering and helping to revitalise the global Church.

The first plant outside the UK in 2014, Holy Trinity Bukit Bintang (HTBB), now has a worshipping congregation of 2,000 with 4 Sunday services. It is a regional resourcing hub for Alpha, theological training and has a vision to plant a further 5 churches into key cities across SE Asia.

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Renewal Church Nairobi was planted in 2018 by Chris and Abi Arnold with a team of 30 volunteers. They launched their first Alpha Course with 65 guests and have since launched a family service and AJAR, a legal aid project.

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St Peter’s brighton case study In 2009, the Bishop of Chichester invited Archie and Sam Coates from Holy Trinity Brompton to plant a congregation into the derelict but iconic building of St Peter’s Brighton.

Since that time, the worshipping community has grown to over 800 and St Peter’s has in turn planted 5 churches in Brighton and further afield.

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Alongside their focus on evangelism and building the pastoral life of the church - including launching Alpha and overseeing a major premises restoration project - St Peter’s has demonstrated a strong commitment to tackling some of the key social issues facing the local community.

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the multiplication effect St Peter’s is a model for how a resource church can multiply by planting into cities, towns and areas of social deprivation across our nation. Since 2009 St Peter’s has planted 5 new churches.

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St Cuthman’s Whitehawk Planted in 2013 Top 0.5% most deprived parishes in the UK 25 people planted Runs numerous social action initiatives

Holy Trinity Hastings Planted in 2014 13% most deprived area in the country Currently runs 3 services Congregation of 210

Harbour Church Portsmouth Planted in 2016 Congregation of 615 Currently runs 5 services over 3 locations Plans to plant 2 churches

St Matthias Fiveways Planted in 2017 Parish church in North Brighton Currently runs 2 services

St John’s Crawley Planted in 2017 Runs parole café for ex-offenders Currrently runs 4 services Congregation of 275 11

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St Cuthman’s Church, located at the centre of this community, are on a mission to re-design church so that it works for the people they are there to serve.

A team of volunteers run the weekly Foodbank Service providing emergency food packs and female sanitary products to the local community, many of whom face severe food poverty.

Food bank guests are given a warm welcome over coffee and invited to make use of the CAP Debt Advice Service, the Wellbeing CafĂŠ which provides addiction recovery support and the Spear Programme for 16-24yr olds on the estate to help them successfully into employment.

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family home visits per week

hot chocolates handed out during school runs

young people hosted on a young camp outside Brighton

Games, songs and high energy activities fill the weekly kids club, but it is the parallel work with families that is truly remarkable.

Each week, the church team visit each one of the 80 families on the Kids Club register in their homes.

Throughout the winter and summer, the Youth team daily provide 100 hot chocolates and smoothies for the secondary school students whose bus stops outside the church. The church is always open on youth nights, holiday clubs and special events. A new service is starting with these young people in mind.

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Accelerator Programme The Accelerator Programme is a one-year intensive church planting programme.

It equips and trains a cohort of men and women to lead either a vibrant City Centre Resource Church or a church in an Urban Priority Area. Harnessing world-class training and practitioners, the programme has a mixed mode ‘caught and taught’ curriculum, custom made to complement a leader’s experience and skill sets in three areas:

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Developing a leader’s character, vision, resilience and integrity; including coaching, 1:1 mentoring, change management, conflict resolution, team management and praxis.

Hands on training and experience in running key ministries such as Alpha, The Marriage Courses, Prison Ministry, social action projects alongside pastoral training and school of preaching.

Training to equip leaders to run healthy and flourishing organisations, focussing on critical functions such as finance, HR, legal, safeguarding, media, communications strategies and a 100 day plan.

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peter stream With around 40% of current clergy set to retire in the next decade, we need men and women from every ethnic and socio-economic background to step into leadership to ensure that future leaders of the church reflect the diversity of today.

Working closely with St. Mellitus College, CRT is piloting and sponsoring a new pathway of discernment and training for the CofE which will empower men and women to lead the church, particularly supporting those who have felt excluded or disqualified based on ethnicity, education or socio-economic background.

We want to raise up and train a cohort of diverse and dynamic church leaders for the future who will go on to plant churches, especially into areas of social deprivation.

We believe that together we can turn the dial on church growth and play our part in revitalising the church in the UK, bringing a renewal of hope for the next generation.

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leverage factor CRT is uniquely positioned to access iconic city centre buildings and release funding for church planting projects.

With each project costing roughly £2m, we work together with the central governing body and local Dioceses to secure financial support and accelerate church growth.

Since 2017, the CRT operating budget has totalled £7.4m. We have accessed and released a further £14.43m, making a total of £21.83m available for church growth.

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budget CRT Budget Forecast

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Planting Curate Training

861,510

992,018

1,071,453

Peter Stream Training

221,942

259,726

423,495

Leader Training Total

1,083,452

1,251,744

1,494,949

Strategic Grants

275,000

330,000

385,000

Network Investment

274,237

311,140

374,747

Network Support Total

549,237

641,140

759,747

Plant Project Leads

106,776

109,888

113,093

Start-up Grants

400,000

500,000

500,000

Building Project Leads

157,599

171,407

175,318

Plant Support Total

664,376

781,295

788,411

Implementation Team

103,523

106,584

109,736

Fundraising

135,936

139,459

143,087

Media

96,890

108,225

119,597

Central Services

298,676

345,515

385,811

Support Costs Total

635,025

699,784

758,232

2,932,090

3,373,963

3,801,338

TOTAL BUDGET

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patrons

Rt RevD and Rt Hon Lord Chartres

Rt Revd Karowei Dorgu Bishop of Woolwich

trustees Nicky Gumbel

Angus Winther

Vicar of HTB, Chair of CRT and pioneer of the Alpha Course

Vice Chair of CRT, Churchwarden of HTB, corporate finance adviser, nonexecutive director and philanthropist

Toby Baxendale

Sir Paul Marshall

Jeremy Herrmann

Entrepreneur, investor, author, philanthropist

Chairman and CIO of Marshall Wace LLP, philanthropist and social entrepreneur

Founder and CEO of Ferox Capital LLP and philanthropist

Archie Coates

Tricia Neill

Harry Lawson Johnston

Vicar of St Peter’s Brighton, Head of the HTB Network

President of CRT, former CEO of Alpha International

Investor, advisor and philanthropist

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I think your work is truly remarkable and inspiring: bringing churches back to life that have been derelict and redundant.

H.R.H. Prince Charles

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