
New Churches
A Theology
SCM Press
Published on 30. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-334-06615-6 (ISBN)
Description
New Churches: A Theology considers the theological issues and questions that surface from the starting of new churches in the UK context. Offering both a theology for starting new churches (to support, guide, encourage and challenge practitioners to plant fully Christian churches) and a theology from new churches (using new churches as an opportunity to explore vital theological, ecclesiological, and missiological questions we might otherwise miss), the book brings together some of those most significant voices in the conversation today, speaking from a wide spread of perspectives including theologians and practitioners, pioneers and planters, evangelical and Anglo-Catholic.
Contributors include Mark Powley, John Valentine, Tina Hodgett, Christian Selvaratnam, Cathy Ross and John Wallace
Contributors include Mark Powley, John Valentine, Tina Hodgett, Christian Selvaratnam, Cathy Ross and John Wallace
Reviews / Votes
"I am so grateful for this book. It is a rich nursery of insights and reflections aerating and fertilising the soil where new churches are emerging and growing. These reflections deepen the roots of our thinking and praxis as we uncover the depths and breadth of this divine movement of God in our generation. Dig and discover!" -- Rt Revd Ric ThorpeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
498 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-334-06615-6 (9780334066156)
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Persons
Rev Dr Will Foulger is vicar of St Nics, Durham, and was formerly the Director of Mission and Evangelism at Cranmer Hall, Durham
Joshua Cockayne is a Lecturer of Mission and Evangelism and the Director of the Centre for Church Planting Theology and Research at Cranmer Hall, Durham.
Joshua Cockayne is a Lecturer of Mission and Evangelism and the Director of the Centre for Church Planting Theology and Research at Cranmer Hall, Durham.
Content
Contributors ix
Introduction: Why on Earth a Theology about Starting
New Churches? 1
Part One: Missiology: New Churches and the missio Dei
1 Do Church Planters Believe in the missio Dei? 21
Mark Collinson
2 (Why) We Need to Talk About Method 34
Mark Powley
3 Telling Stories for Transformation: Theodrama and
Discipleship Formation in Church Planting Contexts 47
Helen Miller
4 Church Planting, Community and the Triune God of Grace 62
Joshua Cockayne
5 Who is Doing the Planting? Understanding Human Agency
while Keeping the Focus on the Work of the Spirit 73
James Butler
6 'Don't offer help ... ask for it': Towards an Ethics of
Church Planting in Conversation with Aquinas 86
Beth Honey
Reflections on Part One 96
Introduction: Why on Earth a Theology about Starting
New Churches? 1
Part One: Missiology: New Churches and the missio Dei
1 Do Church Planters Believe in the missio Dei? 21
Mark Collinson
2 (Why) We Need to Talk About Method 34
Mark Powley
3 Telling Stories for Transformation: Theodrama and
Discipleship Formation in Church Planting Contexts 47
Helen Miller
4 Church Planting, Community and the Triune God of Grace 62
Joshua Cockayne
5 Who is Doing the Planting? Understanding Human Agency
while Keeping the Focus on the Work of the Spirit 73
James Butler
6 'Don't offer help ... ask for it': Towards an Ethics of
Church Planting in Conversation with Aquinas 86
Beth Honey
Reflections on Part One 96