How to Plant a Church resources

If you have any questions contact your diocesan safeguarding advisor in the first instance.

• Parish safeguarding handbook
• The Gospel, Sexual Abuse and the Church: A theological resource for the local church
• Safeguarding prayers and liturgical resources
• The Church of England’s Safeguarding Policy for children, young people and adults
• Forgiveness and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Abuse
• Further templates and resources

Check the safeguarding website for your own denomination

• Report: Church of England Report on Anti-Racism: Lament into Action
• Video series: Increasing diversity in church planting

• Video series: Mixed Ecology Conversations: church planting and the mixed ecology
• Video: Partnering with the Diocese

• Ask your church leader
• London Centre for Spiritual Direction: search a directory of over 200 spiritual directors across the country

• John Mark Comer, Practicing the Way
• Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
• Video series: Journal of a Church Planter
• Website: Mind & Soul Foundation

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