Missional Learning Communities
- Missional Learning Communities (MLCs) help us to find God’s way forward in mission in our changing contexts and changing world – transforming the culture of the church.
- MLCs follow a three year path that gives churches a framework and resources to help them listen attentively to God and their community and decide what God might be calling them to be and do.
The combination of commitment, spiritual disciplines and practical tools make MLCs a powerful process. The evidence is that this kind of process can lead to profound and positive change.
Resources to Inspire & Equip you for Mission
Discerning the Mission of God through Missional Learning Communities
- P Keifert and N Rooms, Forming the Missional Church: Creating Deep Cultural Change in Congregations (Grove Pastoral P139, 2014)
- Pat Keifert, We Are Here Now. (Eagle, Idaho: Allelon Publishing, 2007)
- Nigel Rooms, Missional Church: What Does Good Look Like? (Grove Mission and Evangelism MEv 128, 2019)
For a more detailed reading list, please contact Mission & Growth Adviser Steve Coneys (07511901334)
Fresh Expressions
The is your best starting point and the latest research on Fresh Expressions can be found on the . The following links are particularly helpful:
- Fresh expressions in the Church of England -
Greenhouse is the Church of England’s approach to establishing and growing new Christian communities. Greenhouse suits anyone who feels called to establish and grow new, robust Christian communities among people who don’t yet know Jesus. It is all explained . - Church Army’s excellent research pages -
The following are particularly helpful:- George Lings
- George Lings
- (summary of various reports)
- – How Messy Churches create new space for faith
- – Collaborative Research with BRF and The Church of England’s Evangelism and Discipleship Team
See also: Michael Moynagh, Being Church, Doing Life (Lion Hudson, 2014) - a good introduction to the fxC landscape
Discerning the Mission of God in general
- – prayer, process and practice (Revised edition, SPCK, 2016)
Growing the Church of God
- (2014, Church Growth Research Programme)
- (2016 Archbishops’ Council)
- (2017, Archbishops’ Council)
- – Bob Jackson, Church House Publishing
Local Data Resources