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

Authors
Paul Bayes, the Church of England’s National Mission and Evangelism Adviser, is to be the next Bishop of Hertford in the Diocese of St Albans
Tim Sledge is Rector of Romney Abbey and a former Missioner Enabler in the Diocese of Peterborough
John Holbrook is Rector of Wimborne Minster, Dorset
Mark Rylands is the Bishop of Shrewsbury in the Diocese of Lichfield and a former Director of the Council for Mission & Unity for Exeter Diocese
Martin Seeley is Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge