Twenty per cent of Britain's population lives on housing estates - almost ten million people. Yet these areas are little impacted by churches.
The Living in Estates Conference was designed 'to refresh and encourage those already engaged in this mission field and to inspire and advise those thinking about making the move'.
It is the latter group that I fall into. I currently live in a typical Sheffield terrace in an area surrounded by students. But in summer 2004, I'm hoping to move to the Manor estate - on the south-east side of Sheffield's inner city - with The Crowded House.
