One of the most helpful developments of recent times is the use of an outside person or group who can work with you to help you gain an understanding of what is going on in your work. Many groups will invite a person in to do a review of where they are. Even more individuals [...]

The Tomorrow Project’s GLIMPSES database provides a ‘map’ of recent social, economic and demographic trends to help people answer three questions: Where have we come from? Where are we going? What do we need to think about? www.tomorrowproject.net

A basic description of Family, Pastoral, Programme and Corporate congregations with a new category for clusters or groups.
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Basic information suggesting what you need to think about when agreeing to use a consultant or mentor

A look at what stage in their life various groups are at in a congregation and their impact on its life as a whole.

Steven Croft, Fresh Expressions “My contention is that the role and ministry of the evangelist is changing significantly as our society changes and evolves. I want to define the nature of those changes as I see them and also to argue that the change is actually a recovery of a more complete and rounded New [...]