A Church Near You
| "ACNY" Stylized E in purple, representing the Church of England | |
Type of site | Web directory |
|---|---|
| Owner | Church of England |
| Created by | Diocese of Oxford |
| Website | achurchnearyou.com |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1 December 2002 |
A Church Near You is an online directory of churches. It is a user-edited resource, currently listing 16,400 churches and having 7,000 editors in 42 Church of England dioceses.[1] It is notable for being the only officially endorsed guide to churches in the Church of England available online.[2]
Background
A Church Near You was launched by the Diocese of Oxford in 2001 as christmasworship.com[3] with a radio campaign backed by actor Jeremy Irons.[4] At the time a vital criteria for finding a church in which people could marry.
In 2010, the site was adopted as a national Church of England project, but it continues with the same development team.[5]
A Church Near You enables parishes to maintain accurate location, contact, and event information, which is shared with other sites including the Church of England website, diocesan websites, and mobile apps.
In 2012, it formed the data backbone of Christmas Near You[6] and in 2014 was used to promote harvest events with the Church of England's Harvest Near You initiative.[7]
References
- ↑ What is A Church Near You? Archived 2015-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 6 August 2014
- ↑ Church of England Accessed: 6 August 2014
- ↑ christmasworship.com (archive.org)
- ↑ In 2002 the site was renamed A Church Near You; it slowly gained traction among other dioceses wishing to improve the ability of internet users to locate churches. A particularly useful feature being its parish search, which enabled users to identify the parish in which they lived. At the time, a vital criteria for finding a church in which people could marry.
- ↑ ACNY Credits Accessed: 6 August 2014
- ↑ Christmas Near You Announcement Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 6 August 2014
- ↑ Harvest Near You Announcement Accessed 6 August 2014
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