Mission-Shaped Parish This volume seeks to give

This volume seeks to give voice to these issues from those whom have lived with them and to seek peace and healing for the unresolved trauma that continues to separate us

A Liturgy for the Opening of a New Congregation

exile and poverty

The church's mostly uncritical adoption of this secular condition has resulted in an idolatrous morphing of the message of Christ into just another brand

the United Methodist Church

Mission-Shaped Parish This volume seeks to giveThis is a practical how to guide introducing new, mission shaped practices in a traditional parish setting. This book looks at the church's bread and butter activities worship, pastoral contacts, civic and public responsibilities, faith formation, administration and leadership and creatively points out how to reframe them with a focus on God's mission.