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The Community Mission Partnership works to equip churches and organisations to outwork integral mission in their own local context.

You can find lots more information on the United Kingdom at the World Fact Book or on the BBC Country Profile.

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  • 22.10.2011

    Befriending the elderly

    UNITED KINGDOM: In the UK, where the extended family is not as valued as elsewhere in the world, many elderly people feel lonely and isolated. Some are unable to go out due to illness, disability or age and therefore rarely have an opportunity to talk to other people. Mount Florida Parish Church in Scotland went through [...]

  • 21.06.2012

    Integral Mission & Urban Mission Conversation

    Location: Carlisle

    Micah Network and Operation Mobilisation invite you to a day of conversation with Christians working missionally  in inner-city communities around the world. Here is a day to come together and share experiences, reflections and consult one another on how we see our part in facing some of these questions: For the first time in history, [...]

Full name
United Kingdom
Population
62,698,362 (July 2011 est.)
Capital
London
Full area
243,610 sq km
Major Languages
Major Religions
Life expectancy
80.05 years
Monetary unit
pound sterling
Main exports
manufactured goods, fuels, chemicals; food, beverages, tobacco
GDP
$34,800 (2010 est.) per capita

COUNTRY NEWS

News from: Global development news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk

  • Letters: G8 leaders can help fight malnutrition

    David Cameron does indeed have a chance to act on global malnutrition this week at the G8 summit (Wood shavings for dinner: G8 urged to tackle scourge of malnutrition, 17 May). However, millions will. […]

  • UK aid for education in east Africa is failing

    DfiD aid programmes pay too much attention to enrolment and not enough to whether children are learning, says reportUK aid programmes to support education in three east African countries – together. […]

  • ILO election must not be another charade

    A third global institution is to pick a new leader and this time the job must go to a candidate from a developing countryLater this month, the governing body of the International Labour Organisation i. […]