Newbigin Pioneering Hub
Pioneering is about releasing ordinary people to do the extraordinary things they dream about – enabling crazy, and not so crazy, ideas to take shape as part of the mission of the church.
The Newbigin Pioneering Hub is an initiative which offers:
- spare-time training in pioneer ministry for those starting out
- a community for pioneers within the URC and beyond
- all led by people with deep lived experience of the ups and downs of starting new things in a wide variety of settings
Could God be calling you to step out in faith with us to see your God-given dreams in your local community flourish in faith, hope and love?
Join us
Join us this September for a course that will equip, challenge and inspire you.
Do you See…
- New possibilities?
- A way where there is no way?
- Ideas for mission in your community that just might work?
- A new community of disciples where there is none?
- How your local community can flourish in God’s love and shalom, but know this can’t happen alone?
If you can see even a glimpse of any of these, then why not be part of the Newbigin Pioneering Hub and see if your hopes can be realised together with us.
Come and join us – we aim to support people as they discover with God how to respond to what they see around them – through learning, resourcing and networking – we can go further together.
Below is the module content for the next course. You can find more information about this at Seedbeds.org/Pioneering-Hub.
Applications for the course starting September are now open and the application forms can be found here, or you can contact Seedbeds directly at [email protected]
For help with funding and other support please talk to your local church, synod or apply for a Discipleship Development Fund grant.
Newbigin Pioneering Hub Course Outline for 2024-25
2024-2025 Cohort 3
Orientation/Induction zoom:
10am Saturday 14 September 2024. Lodge Road Community Church
Module 1: Pioneering Mission:
Residential Friday 20 – Sunday 22 September 2024. Newbigin House and Lodge Road Community Church
Module 2: Mission Spirituality:
Module 3: Church and Mission:
Module 4: Mission and the Bible:
Residential Friday 7 – Sunday 9 March 2025. Newbigin House and Lodge Road Community Church
Module 5: Community Development:
Module 6: Missional Enterprise:
Residential Friday 4 – Sunday 6 July 2025. Newbigin House and Lodge Road Community Church
Pitch to Panel and Graduation:
10am-3pm Saturday 19 July 2025. Lodge Road Community Church
Course Testimonials
Watch the testimonials below to get a sense of what the Newbigin Pioneer Hub course is all about.
Download our leaflet
- Newbigin Pioneering Hub leaflet (PDF | 1mb)
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