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Councils should make better use of churches to bring communities together

‘If the context of those relationships can move from a reluctant ‘needs must’ basis to one of open and compassionate collaboration, councils may well find that churches have much more to offer than they thought.’

Thanks to the Local Government Chronicle for covering our new report with Free Churches Group ‘The Church and Social Cohesion‘.

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Madeleine Pennington

Madeleine is Head of Research at Theos. She holds a doctorate in theology from the University of Oxford, and previously worked as a research scholar at a retreat and education centre in Philadelphia. She is the author of ‘The Christian Quaker: George Keith and the Keithian Controversy’ (Brill: 2019), ‘Quakers, Christ and the Enlightenment’ (OUP, 2021), ‘The Church and Social Cohesion: Connecting Communities and Serving People’ (Theos, 2020), and ‘Cohesive Societies: Faith and Belief’ (British Academy, 2020). Outside of Theos, she sits on the Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations.

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Posted 1 December 2020

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