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Testing Fresh Expressions
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Author : John Walker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-01
Testing Fresh Expressions written by John Walker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with Religion categories.
Testing Fresh Expressions investigates whether fresh expressions of church really do what is claimed for them by the fresh expressions movement and, in particular, whether their unique approach helps to reverse trends of decline experienced by traditional churches. Part 1 examines those claims and untangles their sociological and theological assumptions. From a careful study of factors underlying attendance decline and growth, Part 2 argues that long-term decline can be resisted only if churches are better able to attract children, the non-churched or both. Part 3 tests the comparative ability of a group of growing parish churches and a group of fresh expressions to resist trends of decline and discovers some intriguing social dynamics common to both groups. Part 4 argues that fresh expressions do not fulfil the unique role often claimed for them but that they do have the capacity to help reinvigorate the whole church.
Testing Fresh Expressions
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Author : John Walker (Researcher)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Testing Fresh Expressions written by John Walker (Researcher) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Church renewal categories.
This volume investigates whether fresh expressions of church really do what is claimed for them by the fresh expressions movement and, in particular, whether their unique approach helps to reverse trends of decline experienced by traditional churches.
Listening For Mission
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Author : Steven Croft
language : en
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Release Date : 2006
Listening For Mission written by Steven Croft and has been published by Church House Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Religion categories.
Keen to start a fresh expression of church? Before leaping into action, this booklet will help you to 'listen for mission.' This involves developing an attitude where you learn to 'multi-listen' - to God, to society, to your community, to your church - so that you can find out what God is doing and know how best to join in. This short, accessible guide draws together some of the lessons learned so far and enables church councils, deanery synods, circuit meetings and house groups to think through and discuss the various issues involved. It can be used on its own or with the companion DVD - Expressions: the DVD 1: Stories of Church for a Changing Culture.
Church Planting In The Secular West
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Author : Stefan Paas
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2016-11-03
Church Planting In The Secular West written by Stefan Paas and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-03 with Religion categories.
An expert study of church planting in the most secular part of contemporary Europe In this book Stefan Paas offers thoughtful analysis of reasons and motives for missionary church planting in Europe, and he explores successful and unsuccessful strategies in that post-Christian secularized context. Drawing in part on his own involvement with planting two churches in the Netherlands, Paas explores confessional motives, growth motives, and innovation motives for church planting in Europe, tracing them back to different traditions and reflecting on them from theological and empirical perspectives. He presents examples from the European context and offers sound advice for improving existing missional practices. Paas also draws out lessons for North America in a chapter coauthored with Darrell Guder and John Franke. Finally, Paas weaves together the various threads in the book with a theological defense of church planting. Presenting new research as it does, this critical missiological perspective will add significantly to a fuller understanding of church planting in our contemporary context.
Fresh Expressions In The Mission Of The Church
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Author : Church House Publishing
language : en
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Release Date : 2012
Fresh Expressions In The Mission Of The Church written by Church House Publishing and has been published by Church House Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Religion categories.
Christians are increasingly seeking new ways of doing church, often called 'fresh expressions', which has created new questions and challenges for the Church as a whole. This Anglican-Methodist report explores the challenges raised by fresh expressions, from what it means to be a 'church', to sacramental life and the deployment of resources.
The Place Of The Parish
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Author : Martin Robinson
language : en
Publisher: SCM Press
Release Date : 2020-02-28
The Place Of The Parish written by Martin Robinson and has been published by SCM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-28 with Religion categories.
For a long time, it looked as if the idea of the local and therefore of place seen as locality seemed to have lost its relevance. Much of the church lost any sense that geographical context matters. Yet that tendency to pull people out of their context has played to a consumerist mentality that sees church more as a consumer choice than a genuine community. Now, a shift seems to be underway that values locality much more - a resurgence of interest in the parish and the importance of the church’s presence in community. In "The Place of the Parish" Martin Robinson explores this shift, considering how it is manifested in a variety of contexts, rural, inner-city, Anglican and independent. Drawing on specific examples linked to the so-called ‘New Parish Movement’, he demonstrates how a theology of place is made manifest in the mission of the church today.
Evaluating Fresh Expressions
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Author : Louise Nelstrop
language : en
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Release Date : 2013-02-12
Evaluating Fresh Expressions written by Louise Nelstrop and has been published by Canterbury Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-12 with Religion categories.
An impressive line up of contributors first asks what counts as a ‘fresh expression’ and who decides. Part 1 explores what postmodern ways of viewing the world means for the way churches explore truth and uncertainty, and tradition as an evolving rather than a static enterprise. Part 2 uses real examples to examines who attends ‘fresh expressions’ and what it incarnational theology looks like in practice. Part 3 considers the implications for clergy training and whether there is a case for making ‘pioneer ministry’ a discrete type.
Fresh Expressions In The Sacramental Tradition
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Author : Steven Croft
language : en
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Release Date : 2013-02-11
Fresh Expressions In The Sacramental Tradition written by Steven Croft and has been published by Canterbury Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-11 with Religion categories.
Mission Shaped Church, the groundbreaking report published in 2004 has sold over 20,000 copies and has changed the way mission is done. This title offers a resource for exploring and applying the insights from fresh style mission in the traditional wings of the church where various worship communities are being formed.
Flexible Church
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Author : Helen D. Morris
language : en
Publisher: SCM Press
Release Date : 2019-05-31
Flexible Church written by Helen D. Morris and has been published by SCM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-31 with Religion categories.
Flexible Church proposes an ecclesiology for innovative expressions of church that is grounded in biblical texts whilst self-consciously and intentionally developed for the contemporary Western milieu. The result is a framework serves as a guide and auditing tool for pioneering church planters.
Giving The Church
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Author : Michael Moynagh
language : en
Publisher: SCM Press
Release Date : 2024-05-30
Giving The Church written by Michael Moynagh and has been published by SCM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-30 with Religion categories.
The nucleus of the church’s vocation is to join the Spirit in giving communion in Christ to others, in the form of new Christian communities, for the benefit of the world. But can the church be a welcome gift?” In Giving the Church leading ecclesiologist Michael Moynagh draws together recent thinking from the worlds of ecclesiology and missiology with significant sociological work on the idea of ‘gift’, to provide a much-needed theological rationale for some of the key missiological and ecclesiological movements in today’s church. Part 1 reworks some of the big themes in ecclesiology from this giving perspective - the nature of the church, the four marks, the visible/hidden church and inclusion/exclusion. Part 2, meanwhile, draws on the extensive literature on gifts to offer an ethical framework for giving the church to others, and uses this framework to provide fresh readings of liberationist, herald and eucharistic models of the church. It concludes by arguing that giving the church away can be a route to making the church a more attractive gift.