The Circuit NPNP process

We are pleased to offer this Circuit NPNP Guide (64 pages)

Or you can go straight to the Guide sections:

Section 1: What are New Places for New People?
Section 2: How to begin a local NPNP community
Section 3: How do I put together a team and recruit staff?
Section 4: What do I need to do at the start of the NPNP community? (includes Fruitfulness evaluation)
Section 5: What do I need to do to connect with people well?
Section 6: How are NPNPs funded?
Section 7: How do we share the story of our new community?

(If your district doesn't have a district NPNP yet, please visit this page first How to Begin a New Place for New People)

In the Guide, we emphasise discernment and district support. These are described in Chapter 19 of the Guide (Section 6 above), along with details of the two funding models: 

• Model A enables districts to ‘bundle’ more than one submission for the whole (or balance) of the circuit funding. See the Circuit submission form. Do get in touch to begin a conversation before completing the form.
• Model B seeks approval for a district oversight process which enables a ‘for information’ submission process. See the District oversight form.

The funding section is deliberately near the end of the Guide. NPNP is not just a source of funding but a mindset of listening to God and local people, developing a vision and connecting with new people in new places in new ways. The NPNP process should include collaboratively discerning with the circuits when and where a vision is not emerging, or the timing may not be immediate (see Section 2, Chapter 3).

Circuit Funding Process User Experience Survey (2024)

Funding deadlines

• Connexional NPNP funding needs to be accessed by all districts by 31/08/2027 (this deadline has been extended).
• There is absolutely no pressure to access this funding if the district/circuit discerns this is not feasible given their circumstances.

Printed copies of the Circuit Guide are available via District Chairs, or contact our Funding Officer, Julian Bond, bondj@methodistchurch.org.uk.