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UTU (Urban Theology Union) @urbantheologyunion.bsky.social · 5h
A useful new resource Jubilee+ Speak Jesus Resource share.google/tZPCt459f6qN...
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Jubilee+ Speak Jesus Resource
We believe works and words are vital. When people encountered Jesus, He often met their immediate needs first. But He also offered to meet their deepest need too. He gave people hope for their present...
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
and the rail roving part of our trip photos.app.goo.gl/EUQCTQaoTpe3...
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HIGHLAND ROVER OCTOBER 2026 · Oct 1 – 6 📸
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Photos from the rest of our holiday around Whitehills and Portsoy photos.app.goo.gl/yQHXDVrwiZoa...
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Scotland Holiday October 2026 · Sep 29 – Oct 7 📸
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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William Temple Foundation @williamtemplefdn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📢 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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Buy tickets – Tawney, Christian Socialism and Care
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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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Standing at the Crossroads: Rethinking Christian Social Action
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William Temple Foundation @williamtemplefdn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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!
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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...
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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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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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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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SCM Press @scmpress.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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...
An endorsement of Church of the Empire, a book edited by Sanjee Perera. Kwok Pui-lan, Professor Emerita of the Episcopal Divinity School, USA, says: This pathfinding volume is indispensable in diagnosing why racism is a 'wicked problem' for the Anglican Church - yet it also offers guideposts to imagine a church beyond empire... A must-read for Anglican missiology and ecclesiology.
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UTU (Urban Theology Union) @urbantheologyunion.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1996127866... Liberation Theology Day - 27 February 2027
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Liberation Theology Day
Dive into some deep talks and good vibes exploring how faith meets justice in everyday life.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good to be out for the grand opening of Preston Pedals cycle hub at the station.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good fun yesterday at the Encounter Festival in Preston photos.app.goo.gl/bxuKLR3j7rhn...
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Encounter Festival September 20 2026 · Saturday, Sep 19 📸
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UTU (Urban Theology Union) @urbantheologyunion.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It is worth subscribing to these newsletters mailchi.mp/27dfee1cff95...
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ANIC Newsletter
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UTU (Urban Theology Union) @urbantheologyunion.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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-...
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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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Preston City of Sanctuary @prestoncitysanct.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A useful new tool to check out how your are doing in supporting sanctuary seekers williamtemplecollege.org.uk/resources/re...
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UTU (Urban Theology Union) @urbantheologyunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Kindom Evangelism Seminar - Tuesday 22 September 2026
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Reform's small boats game breaches app store rules - demand they remove it!
We urgently need your help to demand that Google and Apple remove Reform's small boats game from their app stores. Add your name >>
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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...
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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 @gregcity3.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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...
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Greg Smith Some key texts in urban mission
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UTU (Urban Theology Union) @urbantheologyunion.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Excellent interview youtu.be/ooRKMeMnJdk?...
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Church of England’s Empire Problem – A Conversation with Dr. Sanjee Perera
YouTube video by Kwok Pui Lan
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Birthday today
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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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The Primitive Ranter
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
novaramedia.com/2026/08/30/m...? Worth watching
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Multiculturalism Will Save the Working Class | Ash Sarkar meets Jonas Patrick Marvin
Elites tore the working class apart. Here's how.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Racial Justice Advocacy Forum statement on the death of Professor Jason Arday - CTBI
Members of the Racial Justice Advocacy Forum are deeply saddened by the death of Professor Jason Arday.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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.
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Today - 26/08/2026 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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.
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Obituary: The Rt Revd Stephen Lowe
‘He was visionary, a risk-taker, a prophet, and a loyal friend’
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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An open letter to Iran’s political prisoners, trapped ‘between two blades of a scissors’
On one side, you face the domination of the Islamic Republic; on the other, the imperialist forces that Republic claims to stand against
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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The Incompetence of Blackness
Why Jason Arday's story is so harrowing....
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My photos of the eclipse... photos.app.goo.gl/wbt5iMfg21WP...
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Eclipse of Sun August 12 2026 · Wednesday, Aug 12 📸
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is an edited version of a longer review theprimitiveranter.blogspot.com/2026/07/book...
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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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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dog-whistle politics has real consequences. The normalisation of racist, anti-immigration rhetoric leads to the racist scenes we’re witnessing in Thetford, Norfolk. These have included the attempted storming of the homes of people seeking asylum, pelting with rocks & chanting “we want them out”.
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Further arrests in Thetford as disorder continues for third night
The arrests follow disorder linked to anti-immigration protests in the Norfolk market town.
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Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This call to ban non-EU ‘foreign nationals’ from social housing is yet further advancement of far-right, anti-immigration narratives. Not only would it be clearly racialised, but it does nothing to solve the structural problems with the housing system caused by decades of under-investment.
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Conservatives pledge to ban foreign nationals from social housing
They claim around 230,000 homes would become available under their plan to limit social housing entitlements.
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UTU (Urban Theology Union) @urbantheologyunion.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Long piece but worth reading faithandenglandsidentities.substack.com/p/two-vision...?
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Two Visions of England After Christendom:
Rival national nostalgias in a time of global change[1]
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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org · 28/07/2026
For 75 years, the Refugee Convention has kept the promise of protection alive, offering a safe haven to millions of people forced to flee war, violence and persecution.
More than a legal document. A safe haven.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Looks interesting Subverting Poverty Stigma—Dub Theology and the Politics of Shame by Chris Shannahan www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/17...?
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Safe Passage International @safepassageintl.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hey Andy Burnham! A new Prime Minister means a chance to choose a different path. For too long, refugees have been used as political scapegoats while hostile rhetoric has divided communities & harmful policies have made it harder for people seeking safety to rebuild their lives.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Horrors continue in Nigeria, but the situation is complex and does not easily map onto a narrative of persecution of Christians by Muslims. www.seenandunseen.com/theres-now-n...?
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There’s now no distance between us in Nigeria’s violence | Seen & Unseen
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Preston City of Sanctuary @prestoncitysanct.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We have produced a booklet celebrating 10 years of Preston City of Sanctuary . We are having a big launch event on Saturday 1st August at St Cuthberts.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
mailchi.mp/cuf/new-grow... Growing Good youth resource from Church Urban Fund
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A new way to help young people grow in faith and action
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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From Service to Communion - Exploring Humanitas for Our Time
Jenny Sinclair
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
While Andy Burnham is talking about reforming the care system I am reposting my blog which highlights how big the problems are, for workers as well as service users. Prayer, care and action: how Christians should respond to injustice share.google/5RW972WGGjfb...
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Prayer, care and action: how Christians should respond to injustice
Precious's story is a reminder why Christians must speak up, and support campaigns for vulnerable workers' rights.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
COMING HOME! What a stupid and hubristic phrase. The world cup is a nomad, with a few favourite destinations.
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UTU (Urban Theology Union) @urbantheologyunion.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
cuf.org.uk/news/young-p... Asset based intergenerational work
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Sometimes transformation begins not with a new idea, but with a new question. - CUF
What young people can teach us about community
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Operation Noah @operationnoah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Most UK media stories about the June heatwave failed to mention the climate crisis. Nearly 2,500 articles about the extreme heat appeared in nine national publications. But nearly three-quarters of them left out any mention of global heating or the climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis
Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating
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Refugee Action @refugeeaction.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
MPs warned the Immigration and Asylum Bill is "unsafe and unworkable" and challenged the rise of far-right politics. The answer to the far right isn't to copy its politics. Scrap the bill.
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Greg Smith @gregcity3.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Strange what you find on social media.
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UTU (Urban Theology Union) @urbantheologyunion.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Liberation Theology Gathering returns to Sheffield on 24th October. Venue booked and speakers confirmed so watch this space and book it in your diary now. You won't want to miss it! . . #Liberationtheology #sheffield #urbantheologyunion #radicaldiscipleship #event
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