Book of the Month – June 2010

JUNE 2010

Messy Church 2 – Lucy Moore

Paperback: 223 pages

Publisher: Barnabas (2009)

ISBN: 978-1-84101-602-3

Synopsis

Messy Church is a growing movement helping churches of all denominations to reconnect with families and children through creativity, fun and food. Messy Church 2 is a book packed with new ideas and 15 exciting session outlines to help people of all ages reconnect with God.

Get it NOW to help you plan for summer activities or a new session of children and family work in September!

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If you would like to read this book in full it can be purchased online from Amazon.

Comment on resources within this book to follow.

If you have already used Messy Church 2 and you would like to add your comments, then please add them using the comments box at the bottom of this page.

the unlikely evangelist

Book of the Month – January 2010

JANUARY 2010

Church on the Other Side – Brian D McLaren

Paperback: 223 pages

Publisher: Zondervan (2006)

ISBN: 0-310-25219-9

Synopsis

If ‘The Once and Future Church got you thinking then Church on the Other Side is a must. Where the previous book sets out the problems facing the church in a simple way, McLaren addresses similar themes but digs deeper and ultimately by asking more challenging questions takes us nearer to a reinvented church.

Chapters address themes including, context, mission, theology, apologetics, communication, structures, leadership and postmodernism. Throughout the book McLaren challenges us not simply to seek to revive and refresh the church, but completely re-invent it for a new age. This is not a work book of practical steps and easy answers, but a thoughtful and profound challenge to the church today.

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If you would like to read this book in full it can be purchased online from Amazon.

Comment on resources within this book to follow.

If you have already read Church on the Other Side and you would like to add your comments, then please add them using the comments box at the bottom of this page.

the unlikely evangelist

Towards a Theology of Mission

I have recently undertaken a study as part of my MA in missiology of the international mission conferences of the 1900′s, in order to take stock of the various understandings and approaches to mission of the last 100 years.

From my reading and research I have written a brief summary and analysis of the issues which shaped these conferences which still pose pertinant questions for our time.

For the purposes of the assignment my research was also focused on the implications of the various understandings of mission and evangelism on a typical British sub-urban context of the kind many of our churches find themselves. (The paper may still be of use/interest if you are not in that context).

The material may not be new to you, nor the conclusions drawn that surprising, but I hope at the very least this paper will serve as a useful short summery of the last 100 years of mission thinking! Like me, you may then find this background a valuable foundation on which we can build an emerging mission paradigm for our time and context(s).

As ever, comments and insights of your own are more than welcome, but particularly on this occasion as I hope to develop the conclusions of this assignment for further MA research.

happy exploring,
The Unlikely Evangelist

Towards a Theology of Mission – March 2008