This should perhaps be obvious and go without saying but the most important book you need to be reading if you are going to engage in urban pastoral ministry is the Bible. Still, it is worth repeating because sometimes although we know that in theory, we become too focused on the other tools we think… Continue reading Foundational reading for urban ministry … The most important book
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Foundational reading for urban ministry
One of the main aims of Faithroots is to help train and equip urban pastors and church planters. You will find a growing set of teaching resources here aimed at those who want to serve, in whatever capacity in urban church contexts but for all kinds of reasons will not be able to access theological… Continue reading Foundational reading for urban ministry
What have I been doing?
This is just a little update for those who have been supporting us by praying and financially. My time is currently divided in half between our local church, a New Frontiers church in North Birmingham where I now serve as part of the eldership team and working to encourage and equip church planting and revitalisation… Continue reading What have I been doing?
Church planting or church migration?
In 2010, a number of churches and Christians agreed to partner together to see 20 new churches planted by 2020 in Birmingham and then after that, to seek another 30 planted by 2030 with the hope that if each of the 50 churches planted again within our lifetime, that would be about 100 new churches.… Continue reading Church planting or church migration?
Who will you send?
It’s been pointed out that the only way that you know if you’ve been called to pastoral ministry is not through an inner prompting, though some may experience this, it’s also not about having a few friends saying that they think you might be good at it. Rather, it’s about having a local church who… Continue reading Who will you send?
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How do you know? – Training Course
One of the aims of Faithroots is to provide accessible and practical training for Gospel work. You can find out the different options for training with us on our training pages here. I’m currently working on developing and updating our online training materials. The first tranche of materials are available with workbooks and videos. These… Continue reading How do you know? – Training Course
Could you plant with us?
I’m continuing to look for potential church planters to reach the urban West Midlands. We often think of church planting as involving a large church sending a group of 30 or more established Christians out to form a new church with its structures already in place. Whilst this may be effective in some quarters, we… Continue reading Could you plant with us?
An Invitation
As it’s early in January this is a good time to be thinking about medium and longer term plans. So, I’d like to encourage you to consider this invitation. One of my priorities is to see people trained and equipped for urban church planting. There are two parts to this. First, I believe that if… Continue reading An Invitation
Dwelling is more than contextualisation
The other day, I was discussing with a group of potential church planters what it means to plant a “missional church”. Now, I guess that every church should be missional so, when we use the phrase we are suggesting that a church is not resting on its laurels as an established entity in the community… Continue reading Dwelling is more than contextualisation
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