Homes with Purpose started with a small church with a big dream.

Barton Community Church, on an estate in Oxford, had a vision to have their own house. Which for a church of a few dozen people seemed an extravagant dream. But when a property came up for auction in the estate, they felt led to pursue it. It was a long shot - but it was worth a shot.

Within a week, over £400,000 was offered in loans and donations from ordinary Christian lenders, lending from £5,000 up.

And so Homes with Purpose was set up as a charity, taking on two houses in Barton - one for the church as a manse for the minister to live in the estate, and one that's leased to Edge Housing to provide a home for men who would otherwise be homeless.

It's a model that's scalable, so when a few months later the Taliban stormed across Afghanistan, more than 50 lenders stepped forward to lend the funds needed to buy two houses for Afghan refugee families fleeing the conflict.

Our mission is simple. We're here to:

• Acquire and manage property for Christian workers to live and work in strategic locations.
• Provide safe homes for vulnerable people in the Oxford area.

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