Church of England to start research into Messy Churches

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The Church of England has announced that it has partnered with the Messy Church movement in hopes of deepening the faith of families and children that attend the non-traditional churches.

The Messy Church movement was set up by the Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF) 15 years ago, offering mainly families and children food, activities such as arts, crafts and sports and worship. The movement has spread across the world, with churches meeting on Saturdays and weekdays as well as Sundays.

A grant of £100,000 has been awarded to the Church of England’s Evangelism and Discipleship Team to study deepening the discipleship of Messy Church congregations.

Dave Male, director of the team told Premier what the outcome of the research could be.

“Deepening the discipleship is really helping people in their journey of faith and learning how that might be applicable for families who come to Messy Churches. Part of the research will be saying what the most effective ways of doing that is,” he said.

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