{"id":165011,"date":"2020-10-18T01:01:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T23:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/10\/18\/churches-tally-up-their-value-to-society-at-12-4bn\/"},"modified":"2020-10-18T01:01:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T23:01:33","slug":"churches-tally-up-their-value-to-society-at-12-4bn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=165011","title":{"rendered":"Churches tally up their value to society \u2013 at \u00a312.4bn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From food banks to youth clubs, the C of E hosts 35,000 projects. Now a price has been put on its contributionSixteen years ago, St Stephen\u2019s church in Bradford was on the verge of closure. Its congregation had dwindled to half a dozen, and the building \u2013 a \u201cbig old barn of a place\u201d, in a predominantly Muslim area \u2013 was in poor repair. \u201cPeople thought it had had its day,\u201d said the Rev Jimmy Hinton.Now, St Stephen\u2019s is a vital hub, providing support and activities in an area of acute deprivation. The nave has been cleared of its pews, and heating has been installed. On a typical day, you might find an exercise class, a support group for asylum seekers and refugees, community meals being cooked and served, singing and stories for infants, mosaic-making, and people hunting for jobs or claiming benefits online. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/oct\/18\/churches-tally-up-their-value-to-society-at-124bn\" target=\"_blank\">Churches tally up their value to society \u2013 at \u00a312.4bn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From food banks to youth clubs, the C of E hosts 35,000 projects. Now a price has been put on its contributionSixteen years ago, St Stephen\u2019s church in Bradford was on the verge of closure. Its congregation had dwindled to half a dozen, and the building \u2013 a \u201cbig old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=165011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165011\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=165011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=165011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}