London is home to 100 billionaires, 66 Michelin-starred restaurants, and more 5-star hotels than anywhere else on the planet. But behind the gloss and glamour of our iconic city, many of our neighbours are isolated, overlooked and exploited. Many have lost hope, and have nowhere to turn. We believe that every single person in London matters to God. We believe that, as the people of God, we are called to love our neighbours in word and deed, and to fight injustice. And so, rooted in the life of All Souls Church, we exist to see everyone in London flourish in body and soul. Welcome to All Souls Serve the City.
We seek to serve those who are isolated, overlooked and exploited, bringing the message and ministry of Jesus.
Strategic Plan:
After 9 months of consulting, strategy planning and seeking the Lord in prayer, our first ever strategic plan has launched!
Beginning in September 2024, and over the coming three years, we will be working towards various goals, aiming to have the greatest impact overall as we seek to serve those who are isolated, overlooked and exploited, bringing the message and ministry of Jesus.
Our work is based upon a gospel-centred holistic approach, sharing God’s love in both word and deed. This specific ethos informs every aspect of our work, from how we serve to how we communicate about our service with our volunteers and partners.
However, before we can fully realise our goal, we must attend to the task of building a strong foundation upon which to construct the driving priority of reaching the isolated, overlooked and exploited with the gospel through friendship. Thus we are beginning by seizing opportunities for growth and transformation around efficient and effective operations and communications.
Our driving priority is the creation of a Christian Befriending scheme applicable across all the ministries which embodies a commitment to meaningful Christ-centred relationships with all those we serve. The remaining priorities include integrated operations, staff development, clear communication, data optimisation, and efficient resource utilisation.
The centrepiece of the Strategic Planning Project is the identification of six Strategic Priorities, namely:
- We are leaders in Christian Befriending
- Our integrated operations and standardised processes embody our commitment to stewardship
- We nurture the God-given potential of our staff and organisation
- We communicate consistently, intentionally, and transparently
- We optimise data collection to better understand how to serve the isolated, overlooked and exploited in London, and
- We use the Clubhouse efficiently and effectively.
Together, all these will propel ASSTC towards its vision of transformative impact, in the parish and beyond.
As of February 2025, we are excited to share some highlights from goals we have reached thus far: documented and standardised key processes, created clear logic models, developed a fundraising strategy, and documented key relationships within our multi-agency approach. Plus we've begun to communicate and unpack our vision and mission with greater clarity and consistency.