Finding the Treasure: Good News from the Estates

Finding the Treasure is the fruit of two years of 'deep listening' in five different estate neighbourhoods across England. The Church of England's 'Estates Theology Project' brought together local ministers and academic theologians to attend attentively to the voices of estates residents describing what they love about their neighbourhoods, what brings them joy as well as grief, and what hope and good news looks like for them.

This book is therefore rooted in the real-life contexts of these local communities, rich in theological insights, and bold in the challenges it presents to the wider Church, especially in its more affluent and apparently 'successful' expressions. In areas and from churches that have all too often been labelled 'needy', 'failing' and 'deprived', Finding the Treasure shines a spotlight on an abundance of wisdom and resourcefulness, faith, hope and love.