1. Theme 3 – Migration and Christianity in the UK
By the end of this lesson you will have:
Recapped what you have learnt about attitudes to wealth
Learnt the challenges of Christian migration to the UK
Explored issues of culture that Christian migrants experience in the UK
Understood what is meant by ‘reverse mission’ in the UK

2. Re-Cap
What are the four Bible passages which refer to wealth directly?
What is stewardship and how does this link to personal wealth fro Christians?
How does asceticism contradict a Christian view of stewardship?
What does the prosperity gospel preach about personal wealth?
What is your view on Christians and wealth?

3. Migration What three words do you associate ‘migration’ with?
Share your words with your partner
Host country = country that migrants move TO
Asylum Seeker = one who is forced to move from their homes to find asylum somewhere else. Will move back to their home country in the future
Economic migrant = someone who moves elsewhere in order to get more money

4. Q. What proportion of the UK population are 1st time migrants?
Migration
Q. What proportion of the UK population are 1st time migrants?
A. 14%

5. Migration
Q. How many EU citizens live in the UK? (UK population being 66million)
A. 3.7million

6. Q. Which religion are most migrants who come to the UK? A. Christian
Migration
Q. Which religion are most migrants who come to the UK?
A. Christian

7. Migration in the Bible
Christians use the Bible to support migration from one country to another
There are many Bible passages where Biblical Characters migrate
In the Old Testament, Abraham moved from Egypt on God’s command
In the New Testament, Mary and Joseph migrated to Egypt after Jesus’ birth for safety
The parable of the Good Samaritan shows Jesus clearly telling Christians to ‘love’ strangers and people who aren’t from their land by birth
The Catholic Church celebrate ‘world migrants day’ annually in line with these beliefs

8. The Challenge of Christian Migration to the UK
Christianity is the largest religion amongst migrants to the UK
These immigrants belong to a variety of Christian denominations and see Church as being a constant in a new culture
When large numbers of Christian immigrants start attending Churches in the UK, a number of problems are presented.
Think, Pair, Share: Imagine a large influx of 6th form students joined Aquinas over the next year from Eastern Europe. What strategies would we have to put in place to help them settle in?

9. The Challenge of Christian Migration to the UK
The three main challenges are:
1. Language barriers can make pastoral care difficult as well as teaching the gospels/catechism/sacraments
2. There are a significant difference in worship styles
3. Culture can be problematic when there are different cultural attitudes to Christianity and Christian worship
4. Assimilation between UK born Christians and Christian migrants can be difficult because of all of the issues above

10. The Reverse Mission Movement: Pentecostalism
TASK: Use your phone to research the following Pentecostal churches in Manchester:
Lighthouse Church Manchester
Bethany Church Manchester
City Church Manchester
Audacious! Church Manchester
How might these Churches be different to more traditional Churches (Catholic or Church of England)?

11. The Reverse Mission Movement: Pentecostalism
Pentecostal Churches are composed of many denominations and independent churches which focus on the experience of the worshipper and the miraculous gifts of the Spirit of God
Pentecostal services tend to have healings, music, singing, dancing, clapping, spontaneous prayer and speaking in tongues

12. What can this global distribution map tell us about the spread of Protestant Christianity in the world?

13. The Reverse Mission Movement: Pentecostalism
Interestingly, the rise of Pentecostalism in the southern hemisphere is keeping Christianity as one of the fasting growing religions globally
Britain has many indigenous Pentecostal churches, but these have grown dramatically since migration to the UK, particularly from the commonwealth countries in the 60s.
These Churches are often seen as a sign of ‘hope’ for Christians in the UK as they are preventing Christianity from declining in the public space
Were any of the Churches that you researched before African or Caribbean Pentecostal churches?

14. Reverse Missionary
Missionary = a person sent on a religious mission, especially one who spreads Christianity to a foreign
The tradition of ‘missionary’ (spreading the world of Jesus across the globe) is well trodden in the Bible and early Church
In the past, British Christian Churches sent missionaries out to the colonised countries and encouraged people to convert to Christianity
Ironically, as indigenous Brits have now become more secular and less Christian, in recent times, many countries from the southern hemisphere have seen an opportunity to do missionary in the UK to try and encourage people to be baptized in the Christian faith
This is known as ‘reverse mission’
Watch three reverse missionaries attempt to bring Britain ‘back’ to Christianity
TASK: Watch this video and make notes of the key point of reverse mission
Use your EDUQAS textbook page 42/3 to add to your notes

15. AO1 Skills TASK: Complete a PEEL sheet for one of these questions
A) Explain the challenges that a Christian Migrant may face in the UK (20)
A) Explain the perceived need for a reverse mission movement in the UK (20)

16. AO2 Skills TASK: Complete a planning sheet for one of these questions
B) ‘The UK is a modern mission field’. Discuss (30)
B) ‘It is easy for Christian migrants to assimilate in the UK’ Discuss (30)

17. Does the UK need reverse mission and Pentecostalism to remain Christian
YES
There is a decline in census statistics for British people who ‘believe in God’
There are 20 closures of Church of England Churches a year. Most of the new Churches are Pentecostal
Far fewer young people are attending weekly services NO
Whilst young people may not be attending Church, surveys suggest that they still pray and identify as ‘Christian’
Evangelism in the Church of England is a growing trend

18. Consolidation Task
Complete the lean learning sheets on page 7 and 8 of your workbooks