I am writing this from an internet cafe in Kosovo. We are on a short-term mission trip this week where we are trying to assist a local church here in their work amongst families in the community. It is a good time and as I have been here I have been reminded of the importance of flexibility, and...
I recently read Malcolm Gladwell’s book “Tipping Point”. Gladwell explores (very entertainingly) factors that trigger the emergence of epidemics (i.e. ideas, trends or diseases that rapidly emerge in a population to massive effect).
As a Christian, it immediately...
Nurturing church plants to have BOTH a mission mindset and strong relationships with the local community (Part 2)
The challenge we are faced with is to build a mission-minded Christian community with deep and wide-ranging relational connections. We want everyone to end up in area C. In...
Nurturing church plants to have BOTH a mission mindset and strong relationships with the local community (Part 1)
Since planting a church on a social housing development in central London 3 years ago, by God’s grace, we have grown in two ways. Firstly, a small but growing group of...
Church planting: Should the meeting or the community take priority at the outset? (Part 3 – Understanding “the culture gap” and introducing “rent-a-crowd”)
I’ve asked the question whether establishing a church meeting is always the best strategy...
Church planting: Should the “church meeting” or the “church community” take priority at the outset? (Part 2 – A “community led” model; read part 1 here)
COMMUNITY-LED CHURCH PLANTS:
Under this approach, the church-planting team focus on...
Mark Jones Parry is on the board of Radstock and currently studying at theological college. Here he reflects on church planting, after 2 years as part of a new church in London, UK.
Radstock hits You Tube!
Check out the interviews with Tim Chester and other international church planters at Radstock's recent international conference:
www.youtube.com/user/RadstockTV