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Rejoicing and learning with Sale’s Myriad Hub

Steve Rankin shares his experience of establishing a Myriad Hub to support lay-led planting across Sale, Greater Manchester.

October 2024

Presented by Myriad

Steve Rankin is the vicar of St Mary’s, a lively, growing, all-age-friendly church in Ashton on Mersey, Sale.

Church planting has always been part of St Mary’s vision. The appointment of an associate vicar, Nathan Gregory, gave St Mary’s the capacity to think more seriously about what church planting might look like for them. It was at a New Wine leaders conference in 2024 that Steve and Nathan met CCX, gaining an opportunity to outline St Mary’s church planting ambitions. After what felt like a ‘real God moment’, they discerned that establishing a Myriad Hub to support lay-led planting would be the ideal next step.

Hear Steve’s experience of what it’s been like to oversee a Myriad Hub in Sale, and the joys of leading a cohort of lay planting teams on a journey to plant new worshipping communities across the region.

Find out more about Myriad and its work to inspire and serve everyday people to form new church communities.

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