A Church Planter’s Idiosyncratic Tour through the Acts of the Apostles
By John Valentine
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Grace Bally-Balogun
Grace Bally-Balogun leads a theological reflection on Galatians 3 at Multiply 2025, the annual church planting conference of CCX.
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Winfield Bevins
Modern missional movements have often viewed the historic Christian traditions with suspicion. The old traditions may be beautiful, the thinking goes …
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Mark Bishop
Re-discover the roots of why we are involved in church planting and understanding contextual movements and multiplication approaches. Look at basic missiology …
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John Valentine
Evangelisation is a key element to any church planting strategy. The Great Commission, recent research about evangelism in the UK church, and some practical …
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This paper from the House of Bishops sets out some principles for the implementation of church planting, and the development of new congregations, as part …
Will Foulger
Amidst a world of seemingly endless movement and change many of us feel a longing to be rooted. It is this instinct that has led many to value the parish …
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Winfield Bevins and John Valentine
Discussion about mighty church planting movements which have profoundly affected the history of the UK from the Celtic and Roman missions of the C5th and …
Christian Selvaratnam
Many have written on the ‘how to’s of creating new Christian congregations and forms of church but often neglect the fundamental question of why it is …
'Is Church Planting Legitimate?' by John Valentine seeks to further the national and diocesan discussion around ecclesiology, looking specifically at the …
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Ed Stetzer
Reflecting on how the world - our context for mission - has shifted radically in recent years, Ed Stetzer suggests this moment is an opportunity to think …
Andy Blacknell
Church planting, like life, isn’t a straight line from where you are now to your vision. Values will determine your vision and what you do and don’t do.
Does the Church of England have a consistent theology of church planting? How mixed is the mixed ecology? And how does our use of language reveal our theological …