Welcome

Mission Statement

The purpose of Industrial Mission is to bring the consciousness of God’s presence in the work place to the maximum number of people.

The work of this ministry helps to inform Christian understanding and action about the effects of economic activity on individuals, and on communities.

In the Northumbrian Industrial Mission the way in which such work is ordered varies
from Chaplain to Chaplain in response to the sector or location covered.

Each Chaplain spends a certain amount of time ‘walking the floor’ in factories, offices or shopping centres, seeing and being seen, building relationships with both management and work-force and developing specialist knowledge.

Other related activities often depend upon opportunity, a Chaplain’s own interests and the imperatives of a particular industrial sector or area.

Aims

To this end Industrial Chaplains aim:

• To engage directly with people in places of work;

• To represent, to those in authority, people’s experience and perception of work and to raise questions with those who make decisions;

• To help Christians at work to make their own connections between faith and work;

• To share with the Church and the world experiences of God’s presence in the workplace;

• To work collaboratively with ministries in other sectors, in local churches and with other agencies.