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For those preparing a conversation
I need examples before I can raise this conversation with others.
Two stories that open imagination without forcing an answer.
The strength of a story is that it shows what was possible in one specific context — without prescribing it for yours. Use these as openers in committees and councils, not as templates to copy.
Begin with these two: a Cape Town parish that handed a building over to a homelessness NGO, and an inner-city Pretoria church that built housing above its worship hall.
Two stories to begin with
Two places to start.
There are more — covering hospitality, parish journeys, land donation, and international models. Each one is its own answer to its own context.