Introduction to Resource Churches

St Ann’s Church in Tottenham, North London, has recently planted a worshipping community on the neighbouring Tiverton estate. This marks the latest and …

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 …

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 …

This book looks at the biblical, theological and historical roots of resource churches. It covers all the practicalities of how to launch and grow an effective …

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

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 …

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 …

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

Archie Coates shares what he has learnt over the first ten years of leading a resource church in Brighton. In hindsight what would he do again and what …

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

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 …