John McGinley

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John is the executive director of Myriad, which has a vision to support the planting of thousands of churches led mainly by lay people.

John contributes to CCX’s investment in national church planting, overseeing the Multiply Church Planting Conference, support of Resource Churches, and networking with other denominations.

An author of Mission Shaped Grace and Living books, and The Church of Tomorrow, he loves to equip people to share the Gospel in their every day lives. He is passionate about sport and a season ticket holder at Leicester City FC (although secretly a lifelong Liverpool supporter). He is married to Bridget and they have two adult daughters.

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Planters and Pioneers

Presented by Lee Abbey

The life of pioneering what God is doing in a new context or leading a team to establish a new church community is one of the most challenging roles within …

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The SEND: Mobilising a missional generation

John McGinley

THE SEND exists to mobilise a younger generation (16-25 year olds) to live a life devoted to Jesus and take the Gospel wherever he sends them. John McGinley …

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Myriad Year One: The reflections of John McGinley

John McGinley

Myriad is marking an exciting first year of offering the Learning Pathway — training that equips lay planters over two and a half years with the tools …

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Explore Church Planting

Christian Selvaratnam and others

Discover creative ways of starting new Christian communities in your area.

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The Church of Tomorrow

John McGinley

What if what we are witnessing is not the decline of the Church but its rebirth?

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Myriad: Lightwave - lay leadership in rural church

John McGinley and Diane Grano

Diane Grano is a rural Resource Church Leader and co-leader for the Lightwave Community in Red Lodge in Suffolk. Diane spoke to Myriad about her team’s …

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Multiply 2022 Conversations: A conversation on lay …

Bernice Hardie and John McGinley

Bernice Hardie is the leader of WAVE Church in North London, a mixed ability church group where individuals with and without learning disabilities come …

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Empowering Local Leadership in a Rural Context

John McGinley and others

Barry Jackson believes that for rural churches to thrive, we need to find new ways of empowering local leadership. To that end, he has been working with …

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Send Me: Stories of ordinary people planting new churches

John McGinley

When we hear about God doing amazing things through someone we can relate to, something powerful happens. The impossible becomes possible, imagination …

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Garden Church: life in rural lay led missional communities

John McGinley and others

Dave Lloyd and Matti St John are growing 'Missional Communities' around Norfolk through Garden Church, a network of lay led missional communities to encourage …

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Listening to the voice of the lay planter report launch

John McGinley and Emma Miles

Hear Emma’s story, of coming to faith in Jesus Christ and experiencing a transformation that inspired her to start a church to help others encounter Jesus.

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Listening to the voice of the lay planters

John McGinley

Myriad’s research focusses on the experiences of lay planters, people from many backgrounds who have planted and are leading churches. Aiming to shine …

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Myriad: Developing small local congregations

Sharon Collins and others

Jeremy Duff, Principal of St Padarn’s Institute and Sharon Collins, urban evangelist and tutor on M:Power in Blackburn Diocese share from their own experience …