Photos by Jenny Bulcraig This second issue of the Journal of Missional Practice focuses in an area, which is close to the journal’s heart. It takes as its springboard the first of the four convictions of The Missional Network: The...

There’s a story I once heard of two students. As a rule, Freshers are prone to get into all kinds of antics in the early terms of their university experience. Robert and Beth had only known each other for a...

Six months ago I moved onto an estate in South Birmingham. I joined two other women in a house that had become a light in the area. I moved in with a hope of joining them in increasing that light...

The Fresh Expressions initiative began as a result of the publication of the Church of England report ‘Mission-Shaped Church’[1]. It developed as a partnership between the Church of England and the British Methodist Church, and now includes the United Reformed...

It is one of the clichés of historical writing to say that ‘history is written by the winners’ – meaning that the story always looks different when you know how it ends, or think you know.[1] History doesn’t stop, but...

…Caroline, as well as describing her personal missional journey, suggests how our neglect of the workplace might change, and why it is important that it does for the sake of our ability to be missional and transformational within our secular...

It is now possible to experience African Christianity with its particularity, colouration and idiosyncrasies without leaving the shores of Great Britain. Migration, particularly in the last thirty years, has led to the proliferation and growth of Britain’s black-majority churches. To some degree their character has been shaped by the need for social and cultural identity negotiation within these migrant communities. Over time the membership of Britain’s BMC churches has continued to be Black British and first generation African immigrants...

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Rapid Response

Dr Harvey Kwiyani - Mission, Multiculturism and the African Immigrant Church: A Rapid Response to Faith without Borders by Babatunde Adedibu

Iain MacRoberts - A Rapid Response to Faith without Borders by Babatunde Adedibu

There’s a story I once heard of two students. As a rule, Freshers are prone to get into all kinds of antics in the early terms of their university experience. Robert and Beth had only known each other for a...

Six months ago I moved onto an estate in South Birmingham. I joined two other women in a house that had become a light in the area. I moved in with a hope of joining them in increasing that light...

In January 2011 I commenced work on the final stage of my MA in Missional Leadership, a dissertation of 20,000 words. As a church pastor in my late fifties, with three sons aged between 18 and 30, I was keenly...

I was recently attending a meeting sponsored by TMN (The Missional Network) listening to a lecture about the nature of incarnational life and Christian mission. The speaker was pointing out that the God we confess in the Trinity is One...

One of the accusations constantly made against Rowan Williams is that his communication often sacrifices clarity for depth and exactitude. That accusation cannot be laid against his latest book.  The press seemed to suggest that we were going to receive...

One of the commendations for this book says, ‘I have been waiting for someone to write this book.’  I would almost echo that sentiment. There is certainly a need for books on this topic. This book almost meets the need....

This is not a book for the faint hearted. It is at points highly technical and constructs a very complex and detailed set of arguments. In addition, it would seem at first glance to be dealing with issues that for...