Future for Religious Heritage

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Future for Religious HeritageFormation| 2011; 15 years ago (2011)

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Type| European network
Location|

* Brussels

Region

| Europe

Membership

| 170

President

| Pilar Bahamonde
Website| www.frh-europe.org

Future for Religious Heritage (FRH) is a non-faith, not-for-profit heritage organisation registered in Belgium, with members across Europe. Not to be confused with the Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust (FRHT). FRH is a member of the European Heritage Alliance 3.3, an informal European sectoral platform. The association was a stakeholder of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.

## Contents

* 1 Purpose
* 2 Members
* 3 Activities
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Purpose

"Begun as a grass-roots movement in 2009, the Future for Religious Heritage took shape in 2011 as a network of groups from more than 30 countries, dedicated to finding ways to keep churches, synagogues and other religious buildings open, if not for services, then for other uses."[1] FRH has an office in Brussels.

## Members

Its members include the National Museum of Denmark, the Archbishopric of Prague, Chorus Venezia, Din l-Art Ħelwa, Museum Catharijneconvent, the Department for Cultural Heritage Conservation of the Church of Sweden, the Churches Conservation Trust, the Diocese of London, English Heritage, Friends of Friendless Churches, The Historic Religious Buildings Alliance, Jewish Heritage UK, the National Churches Trust, Scotland's Churches Trust, Culture Directorate of Government of Cantabria, among many others.[2]

## Activities

FRH bring the voice of the sector to the European Institutions, while also working with its members to facilitate the development of cross border projects.

These projects aim to fully exploit the potential of religious heritage in its various aspects:

* Cultural value

Sacred buildings, their contents and their history represent the biggest single portfolio of Europe's historic patrimony.

* Social potential

Religious buildings bind communities together through the worship and non-worship activities that take place within them. They are often the only public buildings remaining.

* Economic potential

Places of worship attract visitors from afar and from nearby. Religious buildings represent five out of ten of Europe's most visited sites and make a major contribution to tourism GDP.

* Environmental potential

Their physical presence marks the cityscape or rural environment.

## References

1. ↑ Bohlen, Celestine (June 2, 2014). "An Afterlife for Europe's Disused Places of Worship". New York Times: 2. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/world/europe/an-afterlife-for-europes-disused-places-of-worship.html?_r=1.
2. ↑ "Future for Religious Heritage" (in en-GB). https://www.frh-europe.org/.

* Nederlands Dagblad, "Kerkgebouwen sleutel Europese identiteit", 5 June 2014, https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050245/http://www.frh-europe.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/NDagblad-artikel-Churches-Key-for-European-Identity.pdf
* SIR Europa, "Chiesa da custodire", Num. 78 (2134) - 15 November 2013, http://www.agenziasir.it/pls/sir/v4_s2doc_b2.europa?tema=Sir+Europa+italiano&argomento=dettaglio&id_oggetto=274493
* Reformatorisch Dagblad, "Veel Europeanen zien belang religieus erfgoed in", 3 June 2014, http://www.refdag.nl/kerkplein/kerknieuws/veel_europeanen_zien_belang_religieus_erfgoed_in_1_832151
* Vårt Land, "Gudshus forsvinner i raskt tempo", 17 December 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050146/http://www.frh-europe.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2012-12-17-Gudshus-forsvinner-i-raskt-tempo.pdf
* Sustainable Management of Historic Rural Churches, "Europe Seeks New Action to Save Religious Heritage", Ann Vainlo, 25 November 2011, https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223511/http://smcproject.org.ee/europe-seeks-new-action-to-save-religious-heritage/
* KA Norway, "Fremtiden for Europas religiøse kulturarv på dagsorden i Venezia", 22 November 2012, https://archive.today/20140818112218/http://www.ka.no/sak/article/131828

## External links

* Official website http://www.frh-europe.org/

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