Beth Keith has published a report Authentic Faith: Fresh Expressions of Church Among Young Adults. The overall picture is not good in the church for this age group – the church is failing to reach and
Fresh expressions has been going long enough now for the impact to begin to be measured. Measuring always makes me nervous but I get that people need to be able to see what is changing and
Our friends and fellow travellers at the Sheffield Centre have started a new bulletin/journal called Letters Home. It’s a bulletin aimed at those like CMS who are in new communities or orders or sodalities (yes jargon
The Church Urban Fund have just published a report on fresh expressions and emerging forms of church in deprived communities. The research explored in depth with 6 groups working in such areas and draws out six
i am on the e-mail list for the sheffield centre research bulletin. it’s always onto something interesting in relation to mission and pioneering. the summer issue explored larger churches and mission. in his article george lings suggests
We love the guys at Sheffield Centre – for years it has felt like we are all part of the same team! One of the things they do particularly well probably because it’s at the heart
anvil is an evangelical anglican journal of theology and mission that has been revamped and made digital and free and at CMS we are very much seeing it as a mission journal into the future. The
Doug Gay has a new book out Remxing the Church: Towards an emerging ecclesiology which is absolutely a must read. I found myself very moved by it, no doubt because I have shared so much of
There have been a couple of pieces of research recently into the experience of pioneers and pioneers in training. One isn’t yet in the public domain so I’ll come back to it when it does appear.