Tag: Discipleship
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Growing people vital to church health
“Churches that were actively nurturing disciples were more likely to be growing” according to The Church of England’s research, ‘From Anecdote to Evidence’, which is discussed here. This finding highlights the reality that focusing on the nurture of people helps to grow the church in many ways. But what are disciples and what does it…
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Leading small churches (without settling for less)
By The Rev’d Mark Vincent, Parish of East Brisbane. Most churches throughout history have been small. Really small. But that never stopped them from being effective. Whether healthy or sick, successful or failing, effective or anaemic, most churches have been, are, and will be small congregations. Too many priests, pastors, ministers and churches labour under…