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Last updated 3rd October 2025
Outer estates ministry
We are prioritising Diocesan resources to support the delivery of Vision 2026 in parishes with 'Outer Estates'; broadly defined as places where people 'live on' rather than 'live in'.
Outer Estates Leadership in the Diocese of Blackburn
In December 2017 our application to the Church Commissioners' Strategic Development Fund (SDF) to financially support three models of leadership development as well as growing new worshipping communities in four of our Outer Estates between 2018 and 2024 was approved:
- Freedom Church, Mereside, Blackpool and Blackpool Ministry Exerience
- Hope Community Church, Grange Park, Blackpool
- Urban Evangelists in Lower and Over Darwen, Blackburn and M:Power Training Hub
We are also grateful for the regular financial contribution from the Benefact Trust towards some of the diocesan costs not covered by the SDF grant.
Autumn 2025 update
The national church funding ended at the end of 2024. The Church Army completed an independent review of the project which can be read here.