Introduction to Resource Churches

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

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

Bishop Ric Thorpe, looks at church planting for resource church leaders. In particular, he looks at vision and the importance of knowing your ‘Why?’, and …

Al Gordon shares six things he has found helpful to identify and develop leaders to help him multiply ministry. Part of a series of short talks by Resource …

Growing churches are intentional about identifying and developing leaders. Panel: Wole Agbaje, Pete Hughes, and Lizzy Woolf

Multiplying congregations to reach new people within and beyond the current church building. Panel: Al Gordon, Vienna McCarthy, and Alex Wood

Archie Coates, former leader of St Peter’s Brighton, talks with Bishop Ric Thorpe about leading a Resource Church and what a fruitful partnership with …

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 …

How to work alongside your diocese to ensure a strategic and joined up approach to church planting and revitalisation. John McGinley unpacks some of the …

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

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 …

What is the current learning and experience on best practice for planting churches on estates?