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Street Pastors is an interdenominational network of Christian charities operating across the UK and world wide.〔 Street Pastors is an initiative of Ascension Trust.〔(Street Pastors home page ) on official website. Retrieved 30 November 2011.〕 Individual street pastors are Christian adults with a concern for their community, who undergo 12 days of training in order to voluntarily patrol the streets of towns and cities at night, helping and caring for people in practical ways.〔(What is a Street Pastor? ) on official website. Retrieved 30 November 2011.〕 The initiative began in the United Kingdom and is now being operated in other countries.〔 Street pastors wear a blue uniform, with the term 'Street Pastor' visible in white.〔(Wantage and Grove Street Pastors ), August 2011. Wantage Community and Business Website. Retrieved 30 November 2011.〕 Street pastors work closely with councils and police in their local areas, but maintain an operational independence.〔Duncan Smith, (Police praise Island Street Pastors ), 22 January 2010, ''Island Pulse'' (Isle of Wight News). Retrieved 30 November 2011.〕 Street pastors seek to maintain confidentiality so far as is legal, and do not have any powers of enforcement or arrest.〔Daniel Binns, (Waltham Forest: Christian 'Street Pastors' to patrol crime hotspots ), ''Waltham Forest Guardian'', 20 July 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.〕 Street pastors are expected to provide services unconditionally.〔 The aim of Street Pastors is not to proactively preach or evangelise, but to provide a neutral and reassuring presence in local communities.〔〔(Street Pastors on patrol ) in Birmingham, BBC News, 4 February 2005〕〔〔(Street pastors prepare for action ), ''Wiltshire Times'', 15 October 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2011.〕〔(Street pastors for Kirkcaldy ), ''Fife Today'', 11 June 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2011.〕 ==History== Street Pastors was founded in Brixton, south London, UK in 2003 by Rev. Les Isaac. It was based on a model from Jamaica in which individual churches joined together to take their values out onto the streets.〔Dominic Casciani, (Street pastors on a mission from God ), BBC News, 5 November 2004〕〔Rowena Mason (in Sutton), (Street pastors making a difference after-hours ), ''Daily Telegraph'', 1 June 2008〕 Street Pastors is an initiative of the Ascension Trust, a registered charity established in 1993. The initial activities of street pastors in areas such as Lewisham and Hackney focussed mainly on confronting gang culture and the use of knives and guns. As Street Pastors started to operate in other areas of the UK, the initiative responded to other local issues, including anti-social behavior and drunkenness.〔Emily Dugan (in Derby), (A night on the town: Vomit, violence and God ), ''The Independent'', 17 January 2010〕 By 2008 there were Street Pastors groups in 70 locations, with another 50 being established.〔 the official website states that there are over 270 active groups.〔(Current Locations ) on official website〕 In 2010 Ascension Trust devolved responsibility to oversee Street Pastors in Scotland to Ascension Trust (Scotland), a Scottish registered charity which has an office in Perth, and whose first chairman is former police officer Sandy Scrimgeour. In 2015 he became CEO and was succeeded in the chair by Shaw Anderson. 〔(‘Valuable addition’ say police ), ''Perthshire Advertiser'', 10 March 2009〕 In 2010 Michael Frost and others established the first Australian group in Manly, New South Wales. In 2013 several churches in Chico, CA established the first United States Street Pastors group in Chico, CA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Street Pastors」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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