The CTiW 2026 Annual General Meeting was held on Monday, 19th January at 6pm and was kindly hosted by Hinde Street Methodist Church, 19 Thayer Street, W1U 2QJ. CTiW would like to thank everyone at Hinde Street for their hospitality.
Following a social time with refreshments, at 7pm there was a talk entitled “From Strangers to Neighbours: Christian Hospitality in a Changing Asylum Landscape” given by George Lapshynov.
Drawing on Theos’s recent report From Strangers to Neighbours: The Church and the Integration of Refugees, George Lapshynov explored how UK churches are quietly but powerfully helping asylum seekers become neighbours. The talk set recent shifts in asylum policy alongside Christ’s call to welcome the stranger. And through stories from congregations across the country, it highlighted both the pressures churches face and the practices that work, inviting Christian communities to embody hopeful, relational integration in an increasingly precarious asylum system.
For poster please click on http://ctiw.london/wp-content/uploads/poster-agm-2026.pdf