Training – Part 2

Elaine, one of our Trustees who is responsible for Street Pastor training, writes this week about how our Street Pastors are trained. How initial training happens: For new volunteers it begins with the opportunity to join two Friday or Saturday night patrols in...

Giving Away Our Faith

This week, Gordon, our Chair of Trustees, shares with us an example of the training that is given to our Street Pastors. This article summaries teaching I have given to Street Pastors as part of their training on evangelism. I first came up with the model when I was...

The cost of a Street Pastor – Part 2 – Money

This week, Ken, one of the trustees, continues our series on the cost of a Street Pastor. As I mentioned in part 1 of this series, there is no monetary cost to an individual Street Pastor in Chester, however running a Street Pastor initiative does have a cost. In...

My Street Pastors Experience – Steve

We’ve been interviewing some of our volunteer Street Pastors to hear about what being a Street Pastor is really like. This week, we spoke to Steve. Hi Steve! Tell us a bit about yourself: I’m Steve, a retired Site Manager who used to work in the chemical...

Training – Part 1

Elaine, one of our Trustees who is responsible for Street Pastor training, writes this week about why our Street Pastors undertake regular training. The aim of all the training available to Chester Street Pastors is to give them the Christian tools to be effective...

The cost of a Street Pastor – Part 1 – Time

Ken, one of our Trustees, writes about the cost of being a Street Pastor, in part 1 of our “Cost of a Street Pastor” series of articles. This week, the cost is time. What is the cost of being a street pastor? In Chester, the monetary cost of becoming a...