Introduction to Resource Churches

In an article published by Premier Christianity, Bishop Ric Thorpe and the Revd John Valentine propose that while some statistics show a decline in church …

Discerning the call to reinvigorate a church, or establish a new community, by sending people and resources. We look at church partnerships, avoiding pitfalls …

Converting a former nightclub into a city centre resource church is no easy feat. Yet Fountains Church Bradford has managed this, now worshipping in its …

Bishop Ric Thorpe explains how to develop a pipeline of leaders to multiply disciples, grow your ministries, plant churches and increase impact in your …

Culture change is an inevitable part of the journey of becoming a Resource Church, especially for large, established churches. John McGinley, looks at …

How can churches that plant churches prepare for plants, release them generously, and recover to do it again and again? Panel: Archie Coates, John McGinley …

A new resource church has just launched in the heart of Bradford. Its home will be a former city centre nightclub and its heart is to be a sending church …

Revd Michael Broadley, Revd Kat Marjoribanks and Revd Ben Gardner reflect on the lessons they have learnt in partnering to plant STB Grange Park.

Large Church to Resource Church looks at the journey some large churches may take, and some of the presenting issues and challenges they may face as they …

Lizzy Woolf (Rector of St George’s Leeds) and Matthew Porter (former vicar of the Belfrey, York, now Bishop of Bolton) share their experience of financing …

How church-planting networks can empower us and how to grow networks from a single church plant.

A series of short talks by Resource Church Leaders, sharing out of their own experience, to equip other Resources Church Leaders as they plant and multiply …