Greg Smith
@gregcity3.bsky.social
It's all on my website.. https://gregsmith.synthasite.com/
📢 We are launching a new online course - 'Tawney, Christian Socialism & Care'. As the need to fix the crisis is becoming more urgent, join us to re-imagine social care together! Register with Early Bird Discount by 18 Oct! Dates: 9-27 Nov Learn more & sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/willi...
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Tawney, Christian Socialism and Care, Mon 9 Nov 2026 - Fri 27 Nov 2026 - Crisis in Social Care and Unfinished Questions of Modernity With Britain’s social care system in crisis, what kind of care do ...
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This year, we are launching a new programme of short courses and events - ‘Public Theology and Social Justice in Uneasy Times’. Watch this space - more information coming very soon!
One recent study, conducted mostly in February by the Social Market Foundation, found that more than a quarter of posts on X that relate to news were misinformation, a third of which were anti-immigration or Islamophobic www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
How the ‘poisonous tide’ of disinformation stokes division and sows despair
Whether produced by Russia, China or far-right influencers, deepfakes and disinfo are being used to spread deceitful narratives
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There is a racism and cohesion crisis in Britain, and someone needs to lead us out of it. His name is Andy Burnham | Polly Toynbee
I want him to start the fightback next week against extremists who peddle hate and those who despise this country. That would be true patriotism, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Church of the Empire, edited by Sanjee Perera, gathers a diverse and distinguished range of contributors (Mike Higton, Evie Vernon, Anthony Reddie) from within and beyond the Church of England to offer perspectives on its inheritance. Only £32 here this month: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
Good to be out for the grand opening of Preston Pedals cycle hub at the station.
Good fun yesterday at the Encounter Festival in Preston photos.app.goo.gl/bxuKLR3j7rhn...
Encounter Festival September 20 2026 · Saturday, Sep 19 📸
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UTU are very pleased that conversations a while back with the Student Christian Movement about a 'how to' study guide on evangelism based on our Kindom.Evangelism work, resulted in their booklet called 'Progressive Evangelism' www.movement.org.uk/progressive-...
PROGRESSIVE EVANGELISM – A new resource for progressive Churches and communities. – SCM – Student Christian Movement
SCM is pleased to launch the second resource in the Affirming Christianity series, Progressive Evangelism. The four-part course was developed in response to fee
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A useful new tool to check out how your are doing in supporting sanctuary seekers williamtemplecollege.org.uk/resources/re...
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Clarity about the law on illegal motorbikes.. the law needs to be enforced at the point of sale, and dangerous illegal riders need to be prosecuted www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When is an ebike not an ebike? When it has a powerful illegal engine. Get this menace off our roads | Peter Walker
As a cyclist I want the authorities to act with clarity. Lime bikes and renters can be annoying, but the true threat is those who dangerously flout the law, says the Guardian’s senior political corres...
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Greg Smith — Some key texts in urban mission I have just set up a single web page which gives easy access to my key texts on urban mission. gregsmith.synthasite.com/key-texts-in...
Greg Smith Some key texts in urban mission
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I have just uploaded a long blog essay sharing 50 years of experience of work in urban churches set in multi-ethnic low income areas. Urban Ministry Intersections:Reflections on 50 years of life in multiethnic mission contexts : An essay by Greg Smith.. theprimitiveranter.blogspot.com/2026/09/
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Gordon Brown making a strong case for the impact of the decline of social capital. From 1h. 34 on the Today programme.
Today - 26/08/2026 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...? Stephen arrived in Newham at the same time as I did. We didn't always see eye to eye, but I spent many Saturday afternoons with him and others on the North Bank at Upton Park. In later years I came to appreciate his contribution to urban ministry.
Obituary: The Rt Revd Stephen Lowe
‘He was visionary, a risk-taker, a prophet, and a loyal friend’
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I feared this would happen. His story was troubling but the wave of hatred and obsession in the media when he was clearly someone who was vulnerable - whatever you thought of him - was entirely disproportionate and in my view fuelled by racists. My thoughts are with his loved ones tonight.
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 2mo ago🔺 BREAKING: Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor, has been found dead, police have said Mr Arday was pronounced dead after being found “unresponsive” at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon Read more 👇
This is an edited version of a longer review theprimitiveranter.blogspot.com/2026/07/book...
Book Review - Positive Urban Theology
Positive Urban Theology: Finding God in the Grit and Glory of the City By Cris Rogers Published by the Gregory Centre for Churc...
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