Did the realist in you read Mission-shaped Church and think ‘how can our ordinary church aspire to this?’ If so, this book is for you.

Mission-shaped Parish looks at the bread-and-butter things that churches regularly do, through the lens of mission. It takes a fresh look at a typical parish church’s worship, pastoral contacts, civic and public responsibilities, faith nurturing opportunities, its administration and government – and creatively points to how all of this can be seen from the point of view God’s mission.

Foreword by Richard Chartres

About the authors
Paul Bayes is the Church of England’s National Missioner
Tim Sledge is the Missioner Enable in Peterborough
John Holbrook is Rector of Wimborne Minster, Dorset
Mark Rylands is Director of the Council for Mission & Unity for Exeter Diocese
Martin Seeley is Principal of Westcott House