CBC’s Tapestry Podcast: Why Canada's 27,000 faith buildings are crucial for communities

Across Canada, church congregations are dwindling and costs to maintain their buildings continue to rise. As a result, many of Canada's 27,000 faith spaces and buildings across Canada are in danger of closing. But potentially, many of those spaces could be reborn and repurposed as community hubs that everyone could use.

“Many faith spaces are ideal for this repurposing since many were built with gathering in mind. So I believe in collective action and mutual support networks and sharing of wealth and resources, and a really interconnected seeing of the other. They are often located literally geographically at the centre of their communities.” - Kendra Fry

PROJECTS & CASE STUDIES

Metropolitan United Church, London

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Knox presbyterian, Stratford

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weston Park Baptist Church, Weston Rd.

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Carleton University at Dominion chalmers

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Eastminster, Danforth and Chester Toronto

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The Spire of sydenham and beth israel synagogue

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CREATIVE COLLISIONS IS FOR YOU IF:

You manage a faith space in some capacity

You are a leader, administrator, office manager, or leader of a congregation and you are interested in utilizing your space in another way to serve your community.

You are a community connector

You are a dreamer and a thought-leader who sees a way to utilize a faith space. You are well-connected within the community and have ideas to convert a faith building into a community hub.

Your faith building is Facing Closure

Your faith building is facing the risk of closure and you’d like to reimagine your space for the common good; keeping both your faith building open and servicing the needs of the community. 

Your community needs you

If your community requires space for local food banks, blood donor clinics, arts groups, or community meetings and your faith building would like to help.