|
 |
 |
| £7.99 |
|
Special offer
Buy 5 copies and save 20%
|
Change can be a frightening thing, particularly if we're not fully prepared for what it will mean to us. Change in our churches is no different, and if we are going to be able to move forward, careful thought and guidance is needed.
The author of The Challenge of Cell Church returns with this map for healthy and godly change in the local church. Writing as a pastor and practitioner, Phil Potter explains ways of shaping change of any kind in the life of a church and presents a guide to understanding the changing shape of church, in particular the 'fresh expressions' of church now emerging. He uses his experiences of leading his own church through five major transition periods, with his own mistakes and personal stories as examples to illustrate his points.
The Challenge of Change is ideal for church leaders of any denomination wanting to take their congregations through change. It is also ideal for church members preparing to embark on a particular project, or simply wanting to be equipped for whatever lies ahead. It speaks to reluctant traditionalists and impatient visionaries, to both struggling and thriving congregations. Also included are over 100 questions for personal and group reflection.
Phil Potter is Director of Pioneer Ministry in the Diocese of Liverpool, involved in national strategies for promoting cell church and 'fresh expressions' of church. He was vicar of St Marks, Haydock for 19 years, which became a centre for encouraging cell-based ministry.
|
|
 | | | | £12.50 | | Special offer
Buy 5 copies and save 20% | Clusters - creative mid-sized missional communities - by Bob Hopkins & Mike Breen, is now back in stock following a worldwide sell-out of the first print run! This book is available exclusively from ACPI in the UK. It was the recommended title in the final address of the R.U.N. National Conference. Clusters, explores the concept of clusters as 'mid-sized communities in mission' and is broken down into four parts: Part 1 - The essence & identity of clusters Part 2 - The biblical, historical and missional rationale Part 3 - Implementation Part 4 - Cluster roots, SWOTs and FAQs. Read on to find out more about the concept of and an introduction to Clusters...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
| |
| £8.99 |
St Andrew's Chorleywood has been at the forefront of church renewal for over three decades. In the last five years it has seen substantial growth as the congregation has moved from drawing people to one place, to a model in which well over a thousand believers have been sent out in mission-shaped communities of up to fifty members, meeting in school halls, community centres, coffee shops and other contexts. This daring move has resulted in the raising up of over a hundred new leaders, a massive release of spiritual gifts, great vision and creativity in outreach, and major growth through evangelism. Breakout is the story of one church's move from a 'come-to-us' to a 'go-to-them' model of mission.
'I warmly commend Breakout to any church leaders who long to see the Holy Spirit releasing missional energy snd imagination both among and through thier people.'
Rt Revd Graham Cray, Bishop of Maidstone
'I have found all that is happening in terms of mission-shaped communities at St Andrew's a fascinating and inspiring story.'
Revd Dr Steven Croft, Archbishops' Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions
|
|
|
Setting the Church of England free |
 |
| |
|
£10.00
£14.99
SAVE 33%
|
The Christian Church is dying in Western Europe, but is in denial. People feel inhibited from saying how bad things really are. But neither despair, nor denial, nor distant solutions are appropriate. In scripture and tradition the discipline of discerning the times, and seeing the way forward is rarely easy, and never without cost. It is a discipline, which requires all the tools of vision; including the gathering of data, analysis and a testing of what is being said as well as dialogue and prayerful discernment. It is this task of discernment and vision which is the springboard for this collection of essays and responses.
The contributors to this volume are all loyal C of E, though from a variety of traditions within it, and do not seek a change in orthodoxy. But they do seek a new way of "being church". There is no blueprint here, in the nature of things we are in an explanatory phase, but the Church needs signposts and this title attempts to offer a number.
Forward by Steven Croft
|
|
|
The Healthy Churches Handbook |
 | | | | £8.76
£10.95
SAVE 20% | Developed out of the Growing Healthy Churches material, this practical guide helps churches identify their strengths and weaknesses and discover what action to take in order to develop the health of their church. The focus is on the quality of the church’s life rather than just the numbers attending. While not proposing a '60-minutes to the perfect church' type of solution, Robert Warren offers a realistic and positive process for revitalizing your church. The material is fully road-tested and has been used in local churches across the UK and beyond. |
|
|
|
