Into All the Parish
Pioneering practices for every local church
Greg Bakker author Tina Hodgett author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Church House Publishing
Publishing:30th Jun '26
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 30th June, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
Arising out of the Pioneering Parishes Project, Into All the Parish holds together pioneering and parochial forms of ministry which are frequently in tension. It honours both as distinct yet connected modes of ministry, seeing pioneering as an integral dynamic within vibrant parochial ministry and essential for widening the possibilities to fulfil the ‘care of souls’ in a local area. For parish churches that wish to become more outward looking but feel under resourced and overstretched, it aims to equip clergy, church officers and congregations to renew the foundations of local ministry through honest conversation, thoughtful reflection and spiritual discernment about the kind of people they aspire to be for God in their community. It offers practical principles, stories and case studies that demonstrate adaptability and creativity, and tools for conversation and reflection. Into all the Parish offers a framework for corporate discipleship in which congregations identify their aspiration, commit to live out of shared values, and create space to pursue ministry within and beyond the church walls.
“A wise, accessible and practical guide to helping Christian communities discern how God’s Spirit is at work inside and outside the Church. Tools are provided helping congregations to ensure principles eclipse preferences, abundance mind-sets hold sway over scarcity narratives, and different ways of doing and being church are held together synergistically. All this wrapped up in a missional understanding of being caught up in God’s sacrificial loving movement towards the world – personified in Jesus and inviting our participatory involvement. Recommended!” -- Mike Harrison
“Into All the Parish is the best kind of 'self-help' book - opening space for gathered communities to discern together the movement of the Holy Spirit in their midst. Led by discerning questions, each chapter prompts readers to consider an area of parish life where small shifts might lead to significant relational and spiritual flourishing. No act is deemed too small to be significant and no hope too large to be attainable. Highly recommended for churches desiring to reach the whole parish but uncertain how or where to start.” -- Stacey Van Dyk
ISBN: 9781781404768
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128 pages