This six-part course for parishes and Lent groups is based on Pope Francis' much acclaimed recent reflections on mission and evangelism, Evangelii Gaudium. Paula Gooder introduces its key themes to readers in all denominations, exploring how readers...

Explores a variety of growing churches to identify what is making the difference between them and churches which are static or declining. In addition to numerical growth, it asks how we measure spiritual growth and identifies the signs of spiritual...

Shows how the Church at parish, diocesan and national level can overturn its old cycle of decline and begin a new cycle of growth, transforming fragile signs of hope for the Church into a solid road to growth.