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The future of the Parish System	Moving on in mission-shaped church	Planting new churches
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Body and cell	Changing church for a changing world	Recovering the ground
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Setting the Church of England free	The Healthy Churches Handbook	Radical Church Planting
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A DVD featuring stories of fresh expressions in the sacramental tradition alongside a keynote address by the Archbishop of Canterbury from 2008's national day of pilgrimage to Coventry Cathedral.
 
Sanctus features seven stories from Visions (York), Moot (London), Critical Mass (Peterborough), Glorious (London), Contemplative Fire (Nationwide), feig (Gloucester) and Blessed (Gosport). It also features a sermon preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Coventry Cathedral on 8th December 2008 discussing fresh expressions of church in the sacramental tradition.

Commendations:
 
"See for yourself exciting ways in which worship can be real and total; something not just thought about, but seen, and head, and touched and smelt - an experience that envelops all our senses." 
Very Revd Richard Giles, Liturgical Consultant
 
"This DVD is a great spur to energy and confidence as we make new inroads into networks and communities with the message of fullness of life in Christ through the sacraments and a generous catholic approach to contextual mission and evangelism." 
Rt Revd Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ramsbury
 
"The stories contained in this DVD should encourage and inspire all of us in parish and community ministry to discern the Spirit's movement in our own place, and to look for the new ways in which we can tell the story of Jesus to this generation." 
Revd Jonathan Clark, Chair of Affirming Catholicism
 
"If you thought fresh expressions of church where only for evangelicals, then watch Archbishop Rowan's sermon and think again." 
Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Reading
 

Subtitles: English
Audio: English
Running time: 50 mins approx.
All regions

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This is a story of two cultures, connecting and discovering faith, Romany and English together.

It is the uncovering of faith in a Romany community, as an English vicar journeys alongside them discovering a new depth and freedom growing in his own relationship with God. The outcome is the planting of a new infant faith community around the encounters with Jesus and deepening relationships with him.

It demonstrates the power of the gospel being shared cross culturally which challenges and changes some of our cherished values and attitudes.

This story will stimulate creative reflection on our way of seeing and doing things.

Hearts are transformed on both sides. What does it mean to really live in community?

How willing are we to see with different eyes, to learn from each other. The principles are transferrable to all mission endeavours and church planting, especially where there is a significant cross-cultural dimension.

Bruce & Colleen Mounsey  

"This is a record of how 'church' happens even when the institution isn't looking - how people are gathered together around Jesus Christ by the sheer force of the Spirit's leading. God constantly goes ahead of us in mission - not least in communities many Christians don't know about, or even don't much want to know about! It is a moving and inspiring testimony to God's creative liberty at work in our times." 

Dr Rowan. Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury 

Martin Burrell's first career was as a professional clarinettist. Following studies at Trinity College, Bristol, he was ordained into the church of England in 1995 and was curate at St Mary Bredin, Canterbury. From 1999 until 2009 Martin was vicar of Cranbrook, Kent. He was then appointed to lead Christchurch, Bushmead, Luton. Both Martin's mother and his wife, Margareta, are from Switzerland. Margareta is a music therapist. They have three children, Rebecca, Naomi and Leo.  

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Ever since the Mission-shaped Church report was published in 2004 there has been a movement of mission emerging right across the church.  In order for this movement to continue to grow it is vital that missional leaders are identified, trained, released and supported.

In Coaching for Missional Leadership, Bob Hopkins and Freddy Hedley examine the importance of supporting leaders through coaching and mentoring, so that mission initiatives, church plants and fresh expressions of church have access to accompaniment that both provides best practice in mutual reflection and offers connection to the experience and wisdom of other leaders, as well as to the wider church. In addition to exploring the principles behind coaching, this book is designed to be a manual for coaches to use as an ongoing resource that can help and inform their coaching and mentoring experience.

The material here has also been written to complement and follow on from the Fresh Expressions coach/mentor training course. 

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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.

Revd Dr Steven Croft, Archbishops' Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions 

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This highly practical, well presented workbook by Australian author Stuart Robinson is an excellent resource for those starting Mission Shaped Churches. It is well presented, clearly written in easy to follow format with lots of space for notes and numerous team exercises.

ACPI are the exclusive UK distributor for this book.

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On the edge – a DVD and booklet featuring 14 ordained pioneer ministers, who tell their stories passionately and honestly. Read their emails and blogs and see them in action, as they talk about their experience of starting church from scratch. A host of church leaders say why they are passionate about this new form of ministry and mission, including Rowan Williams, Mike Pilavachi, Amy Orr-Ewing and Steven Croft. The DVD has chapters on pioneering, selection, training and deployment and is designed to be watched individually or in small groups.

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Every pioneer minister comes from a local church. So every PCC and Deanery meeting should watch this DVD, so that they can identify and encourage the pioneers God has given them.
Paul Bayes
National Mission and Evangelism Adviser

This is an excellent and inspiring introduction to ordained pioneer ministry - clearly showing how the Church of England is adapting to the needs of modern society.
Michael Wakelin
Head of BBC Religion and Ethics

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Moving on in a mission-shaped church is a 16-page booklet that will help you to practically apply the concepts of Mission-shaped Church in your local context. Ideal for PCCs, house groups and deanery synods, it outlines how you can creatively respond to the challenges your church or diocese face and suggests ways of moving forward in fresh directions.

Available in packs of 5.

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Thinking of starting a fresh expression of church? Need some wisdom and guidance? This booklet (available as a pack of five) sets you off in the right direction.

All over the country Christians are stepping out in faith and beginning to start new forms of church that meet the needs of our changing culture. This simple and readable guide draws together some of the lessons learnt so far and enables churches to think through and discuss the various issues involved.

This training resource can be used on its own or in conjunction with the companion DVD - Expressions - The DVD 1: Stories of church for a changing culture.

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Keen to start a fresh expression? Before leaping into action this booklet encourages churches to develop the tools to 'listen for mission'. This booklet is designed to be used in teams and 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 and accessible guide can be used with church councils, deanery synods, circuit meetings and house groups.

Available in packs of 5.

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This leaflet is a simple guide to a vital new piece of Church of England legislation: the Bishops' Mission Order.

Where fresh expressions of church involve collaboration between or across parish boundaries, a Bishops' Mission Order may be needed - so every PCC and deanery synod in the UK will need to get to grips with the content of this leaflet.

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This 12 page booklet is ideal for clergy, PCCs, synod members and all in a position to promote and give permission for new ways of being church.

It very helpfully takes a number of starting points from 'Our church hasn't heard of fresh expressions. Where should we begin?' to 'We're keen to encourage fresh expressions of church across a whole area. What should we do?' and in simple terms explains the next best steps.

Drawing on the experience of leading the rapidly growing fresh expressions movement, Archbishops' missioner Steven Croft, explains why fresh expressions of church need to be part of our normal way of doing things.  This is a very practical booklet and will move every reader on.

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An assortment of the popular Fresh Expressions booklet series. Contains one each of:

moving on in a mission-shaped church ;

starting a fresh expression ;

listening for mission ;

Bishops' Mission Orders: a beginner's guide ;

encouraging fresh expressions of church .

These booklets are also available in packs of 5

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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 

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The Christian gospel is the best story ever told. Yet many of those who hear it perceive it as a threat. Laurence Singlehurst believes that much of the threat would be removed if Christians would respect and understand the people they are approaching. This short, crisp and often humorous book is full of seeds of wisdom for those who long to make permanent disciples for Jesus. Discover the reasons why evangelism may have been difficult in the past and learn new ideas to help you share your faith in a relevant way.

Laurence Singlehurst 

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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.

• Robert Warren 

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A training and resource book to aid those thinking of or embarking on planting a new church. The work book can be photocopied for use with your team and includes many exercises. Each of the five sections is split up and includes some of the following elements: Introduction page, briefing paper, discussion paper, collection of ideas and illustrations.

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Planting New Churches, intro by George Carey, edited by Bob Hopkins presents examples of church planting in practice: some are from large churches such as Holy Trinity, Brompton and St Thomas Crookes in Sheffield. Others are smaller in scale but no less inspiring, with teams going into tough urban areas or huge Local Authority estates previously untouched by the church.

Published in 1991, Planting New Churches is now a little dated, but contains many examples of different Church Plants reflecting the rich kaleidoscopic diversity of Anglican church plants within UK. It also has chapters giving important principles of planting.

This classic is only available from ACPI at this discount price.

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Society is changing. Communities are changing. Churches are changing. Looking at both traditional forms of church and fresh expressions, this wide-ranging book offers fascinating historical, psychological, sociological and theological perspectives on the parish system. Leading thinkers outline areas for development and offers pragmatic, mission-shaped ways forward.

This stimulating book provides church leaders with the theological resources to re-imagine church and ministry in the twenty-first century.

Contributing authors: Graham Cray, Ian Cundy, Grace Davie, Robin Gamble, George Lings, Ann Morisy, Michael Moynagh, Martyn Percy, John Rees, Sara Savage, Rowan Williams

Edited by Steven Croft

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With General Synod's approval of Mission-shaped Church in February 2004, will this Church of England report about Anglican church planting and fresh expressions of church make any difference?  What does the report actually say? Where did the report not go far enough?  George Lings and Bob Hopkins introduce and comment on the issues at the heart of this report.

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An overview of recent developments in church planting. This detailed, practical and well-researched book describes the varied and exciting 'fresh expressions' of church being created. Includes questions and challenges to help local churches engage with the issues. Foreword by Rowan Williams.

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Fresh expressions are flourishing in all types of places... where you live, worship and work. All over the country Christians are beginning new initiatives to connect with those who are currently outside church.

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Skater church . . . cell church . . . messy church . . . All over the country Christians are beginning new initiatives to connect with those who are currently outside church.

Presented by Diane Louise Jordan Expressions: the DVD tells 14 stories of these fresh expressions and describes 

some of the lessons learned so far. An excellent training tool for those interested in setting up or understanding more about fresh expressions. Be inspired!

Click here to view the trailer [WMV 2.6MB]

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This fourth booklet in the ACPI Workbook series for resourcing church planting and fresh expressions of church, highlights the importance for a continued priority for planning and strategic frameworks in the engaged and emerging church.

Bob & Mary Hopkins also look at six planning frameworks and analogies that have been used over the years and continue to be used today, giving details on how they work, drawing comparisons between them and offering a critique from experience of using them.

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This third booklet in the ACPI Workbook series for resourcing church planting and fresh expressions of church, seeks to explore some of the biggest issues that have arisen over the years from mistakes or problems in church planting.

By learning from these areas of weakness and hard experience of the past, we can move forwards in greater strength to see new churches and fresh expressions planted and the growing movement of mission in the church developed.

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This second booklet in the new ACPI Workbook series for resourcing church planting and fresh expressions of church, continues to explore some of the strategies that Jesus used in his ministry to reach out to others with the good news of God.

Here Bob & Mary Hopkins particularly focus on a strategic evangelism tool (the Octagon) to help evangelism be more accessible to all, and also on the role of the evangelist. This booklet is the second of two workbooks exploring this topic.

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This first booklet in the new ACPI Workbook series for resourcing church planting and fresh expressions of church, explores some of the strategies that Jesus used in his ministry to reach out to others with the good news of God.

Bob & Mary Hopkins also look at how we can implement these strategies in the church now so that we might reach our communities more effectively and without fear. This booklet is part one of two workbooks exploring this topic.

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The Challenge of cell church explains how tapping into the hidden potential of small groups can help your church grow. Sharing his own experience he covers issues including shared ministry, discipling, communication, community, evangelism, prayer and worship.

This book is packed with practical insight for leaders who want to get involved in cell church.

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Everyone wants their church to grow - this book, by two experienced practitioners - Roger Ellis & Roger Mitchell, with contributing chapters from Roger Forster and Sandy Millar, tells us how we can learn the principles that will help our churches to see the growth for which we all pray.

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We live in a fast changing world in which the Church seems to be less and less relevant, but God is always in the business of doing new things. This book describes some of the exciting fresh ways of being church which are emerging in a Methodist context in Britain. Alongside the stories there is material suitable for study groups and personal enquiry. There are also three major articles to take you further into the subject and contributions from a variety of fresh expressions practitioners.

changing church for a changing world is co-written by Pete Pillinger and Andrew Roberts. The authors are both Methodist ministers who work as part of the core team of Fresh Expressions. There are additional contributions from Martyn Atkins, Tom Stuckey, Martin Wellings and others.

Although the book was expanded and revised from a report written for Methodist Conference 2007, it contains much about fresh expressions in a wider context and setting than just Methodism.

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"In July, we scrapped our house groups. In October we began meeting in cell groups. We did not realize what a revolutionary step we were taking..." So begins Howard Astin's account of his church's transformation from a caring but inward-looking parish to a Christian community where every member really counts.

In St John's, Bradford, a tough inner-city church, the focal point of the week is now the cell group meeting. Pastoral care; teaching; lay training; nurture of new members: all are handled by a network of small cells, which offer easy, non-threatening points of entry for visitors. Leaders concentrate on equipping church members. The result has been sustained growth, both in numbers and quality of discipleship. The transition to a cell structure has not been easy or painless, but definitely worthwhile. 

This inspiring book illustrates cell church principles through the story of how one local church is gradually becoming a real community... an excellent introduction - Bob & Mary Hopkins 

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The Church of England is currently in a time of great crisis. Numbers are falling, the Church Commissioners' resources are dimishing and official church reports are speaking with a confused and uncertain voice on matters of doctrine and morality. In this situation there is an urgent need for a forthright proclamation of the Christian message. One way of doing this is to plant new congregations.

This collection of essays raises vital questions and challenges traditional assumptions which relate to church planting. These include the nature of Anglican ministry, youth churches, parish boundaries, aspects of canon law, precedents set by the Forward in Faith movement and lay presidency at Holy Communion.

A challenging and compelling read which will be of vital interest to all who have a heart for evangelism and the future well-being of the Church of England.