The Church in Wales has announced a new \u00a310 million GBP scheme to help its six dioceses fund new evangelism projects. The Church in Wales\u2019 first ever Evangelism Fund will be launched this weekend with the aim of engaging \u201cWelsh society with the claims of the Christian faith in vibrant and exciting ways.\u201d The fund will provide grants of between \u00a3250,000 and \u00a33 million, for diocesan projects that \u201cwill focus on people rather than buildings,\u201d the Church in Wales said.<\/p>\n
The fund will be managed by a committee with expertise in church growth and business ventures; and is being launched on Pentecost Sunday (20 May). Pentecost is traditionally regarded as the Church\u2019s birthday, when Christians focus on sharing their faith and growth. This year, as in 2016 and 2017, it will come at the end of Thy Kingdom Come \u2013 a 10-day global wave of prayer focused on the church\u2019s evangelism and witness.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are putting our money where our mouth is,\u201d the Archbishop of Wales John Davies said. \u201cWe have long talked about growing the church and now we want to invest in projects across the country to enable that to happen. It is a radical answer to the decline we are experiencing in many places, and \u00a310 million is a transforming amount.<\/p>\n