lay pioneering and thriving in mission

lay pioneering and thriving in mission is a new grove booklet by james butler. it's the result of reaearch in focus groups with a range of lay pioneers. it's very…

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come and train at cms!

the mission training at cms is wonderful. i don't know how else to say it. working with the creative people, pioneers, dreamers, ministers who have joined us over the last…

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baker’s dozen

between september and december i wrote thirteen posts reflecting on twenty years at cms. well cms have turned them into one long piece with edited down versions of the post…

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mountain retreat

i go on a retreat every year. in terms of my life, headspace, wellbeing, imagination, relationship with god it's one of the best things i do. i tend now to…

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true north

this is the thirteenth of a series celebrating twenty years at cms see  1. gold | 2. emerging church | 3. blah | 4. new forms | 5. worship tricks…

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HAPPYNEWYEAR – pioneer practice discount

looking back on 2022 one of the highlights was getting out and about post COVID to tour pioneer practice with gav mart. we did around 20 dates i think. thank…

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adaptive church – webinar in january

i have got more and more interested in system change. the reason why is probably obvious. i work with pioneers who see new possibilities and create paths to make the…

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for goodness sake

this is the twelfth of a series celebrating twenty years at cms see  1. gold | 2. emerging church | 3. blah | 4. new forms | 5. worship tricks…

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