Chippenham Street Pastors

The story so far�..
Chippenham has been irrevocably moving towards a Street Pastor scheme for the last 4 years, initially with the establishment of NightShift � a place of safety in the Baptist Church in the centre of town staffed by christians where police can take young people and those out on the town in distress for warmth, understanding and love.

More recently, following interest and support by local councillors and the Night Time Economy Group of the local Community Safety Partnership, in addition to the support of the local authority, Pastors has really taken shape.

God is truly at work in the heart of Chippenham. Through donation of monies from Wiltshire Council Community Area Board, Chippenham Town Council, Chippenham Churches Together, and individual church/worshipper gifts, we now have the means to deliver.

Photo: Street pastors, from the left, Mal Munday, Annette Foster, Adrian Foster, Karen Rudge, the Rev David Alderman, Anne Alderman and Jim Rudge gather outside Sheldon Methodist Church.

The Chippenham Street Pastors initiative is governed by the Council of Reference of Chippenham Churches Together, and in April this year, we affiliated to the Ascension Trust.
This act is a big step in our development, and with the support of the Ascension Trust, we aim to commence our training programme in June.
God willing, we will be out on the streets of Chippenham as part of the� Urban Trinity� in late August or early September.
Building on top of the established Nightshift facility by establishing Street Pastor teams who can reach out onto the streets of Chippenham to care for the last, the least and the lost, all in the name of Jesus.

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