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We’re excited to announce that a pioneer hub is launching in London in 2019! This is a partnership between CMS and London Diocese (through the Centre for Church planting and Growth) and is aimed at people who want to start something new in mission and are working full time. It will be delivered over a …
If you are at Greenbelt Festival next weekend we hope to see you there! Here’s a few places we’ll be. Come and say hi. Friday, 24th August 6.30pm, The Shelter – Jonny Baker with Grace and Proost will be curating creative worship. 8pm, The Jesus Arms – Join us for a chat and a drink. …
Pioneering Youth Ministry is the focus of the new edition of Anvil journal which is online free as either pdf or individual articles to read online. It is guest edited by the wonderful John Wheatley. He takes the four youthwork values of informal education, equality of opportunity, participation and empowerment with an article commissioned on each …
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Over the bank holiday at the end of May, a combined team, including pioneers from CMS, Church Army and Eden People, offered a place of hospitality, prayer and prophetic insight for attendees at the Mind, Body, Spirit Festival 2018 held at the Olympia Exhibition Centre in London.
Earlier this year I read Stefan Paas’ book on Church Planting in The Secular West. It’s a fabulous book. It’s sobering in that he basically says the ground is hard so it’s going to be slow hard work. He also looks at some of the research and politely (well sort of Dutch polite) says it’s …
Future Present is a full colour zine that seeks to imagine a different kind of world. It was sparked by the pioneer conversations day in 2016 where we invited people to take an area of life , imagine a different future and think about how to act now to make that world arrive in the …
Oh, what a week! My brain has just about recovered from an intensive and exciting week of training in the form of the Make Good module delivered at Cliff college, as part of my CMS training. So, an exciting course, delightful surroundings, good food, and hot weather – what’s not to like? Seriously though, as …
We’re excited that Mark Scandrette is going to do a day in May in London on the Ninefold path of Jesus – this is his take on the beattitudes as the basis for a spirituality in today’s world. It’s at Home cafe in Earlsfield on may 11th and costs £25 including lunch. It will …
CMS took on the hosting of Anvil in 2016. It’s a journal that’s been around for 30 years and it seemed a great opportunity to create a space where we could reflect on issues of theology and mission in today’s world. Cathy Ross and I are the editors and we have now produced five issues. …
When I was in Colorado recently I got invited to have a conversation with Rick Lawrence on his podcast. We had been talking about creativity and imagination in the car so that was what we dived into (which happens to be one of mine and rick’s favourite subjects i suspect). The flow of the conversation …
Read moreChatting about creativity and imagination in relation to pioneering