Coordinator of Boston Street Pastors receives “unsung heroes” award
Mike Jessop, coordinator of Boston Street Pastors, was one of a group of “unsung heroes” honoured at the 35th annual Boston Borough Council Community Awards evening.
“Normal guy” thanks street pastors (and 172 people comment)
“I just want to start off by saying that I’m a normal guy with a 9-5 job but have been convinced that God doesn’t exist since the age of 18.”
Ascension Trust and BMS to work together
A new relationship has been formed between Ascension Trust, the governing body of Street Pastors and BMS World Mission. A Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed at Ascension Trust’s headquarters in Morden, Surrey, as an agreement about working together in the training of street pastors for both UK locations and overseas.
Community Engagement award for Rail Pastors
Rail Pastors is a prototype initiative within the Street Pastors family that came about at the request of the British Transport Police who offered their support if a patrol “like Street Pastors” could be established on a stretch of the network where there had been a high number of suicide attempts and fatalities.
Award for coordinator of Nantwich Street Pastors
Volunteers and community helpers in Nantwich were rewarded at the Mayor’s “Salt of the Earth” awards which took place in March 2015.