Introduction to Resource Churches

A little over a decade ago, the Church of England embraced something new - a step change in its approach to the revitalisation and multiplication of its …

Rachel Gardner addresses the Leeds delegates of Multiply 2023 on how the Church of England can Lead Younger.

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 …

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 …

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

Church planter Tim Matthews, vicar of LOVECHURCH (previously St Swithun’s Bournemouth), shares his story of preparation as a time for the planter, the …

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

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 …

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

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

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 …

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