Southwark for Jesus is a forum for Churches in Southwark. It is run by and for pastors, project leaders and church members from across the London Borough of Southwark who identify closely with one another in order to
Southwark is a borough of over 270,000 people, which is larger than many towns in the UK. There are over 250 churches in the borough, some large some small. SFJ runs a borough wide Steering Group that facilitates the many borough initiatives, and connects local networks of pastors, ministers and other church leaders that meet for prayer and mutual support in different parts of the borough. There are several local networks that meet across the borough, and members of each of these are on the steering group. We also come together monthly at various churches for Southwark Leader's Prayer
As we work and pray together for the good of Southwark, one recent event captured much media attention. On Pentecost Sunday May 11th 2008 SFJ acted as hosts to 11,000 Christians worshipping, praying, repenting and celebrating in the sweltering heat of Millwall Stadium.
Linked to the world-wide Global Day of Prayer which this year saw co-ordinated events in 211 countries and 60 other areas of the UK, the event included worship from well-known worship leaders, prayer for issues such as gun crime, HIV/Aids, world trouble spots and climate change and an interview with London Mayor, Boris Johnson, who shared his vision of how churches could work with him in stamping out gun and street crime.
Watch this 9 minute video profiling several projects expressing our vision of united prayer and action in Southwark
We seek to facilitate the people of Southwark in their Christian service so that Southwark might experience a spiritual and social transformation in every walk of life; in families, schools, law, media, health-care, businesses, local government and the arts.
