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The West London Mission has a proud heritage – and a listed building at Hinde Street. It has extensive records and archives deposited with the national collection in Manchester, and more locally with Westminster and Metropolitan Archives.

But although aware of its tradition, and shaped by it, the Mission is not bound by it. Simply, we wish to be aware of our roots (radical) and to let the past be one of the factors that shape the present and inform the future.

Crucial to Biblical faith is ‘remembering.’ There is wisdom, often gained at great cost, as to what it means to be people of God and disciples of Jesus. In a very different era such wisdom remains important, even if it may have to be reconfigured to meet our present age.

‘I’m not going to study history, there’s no future in it’ said a bored student. But there is wisdom for the future. There is a more profound sense of who we are as individuals and communities. There is much to celebrate and to treasure..