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‘And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight’  Philippians 1:19

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Church Planting Centre

Tuesday 7th January 2025, 2pm Join as we hear from Revd Dr Michael Moynagh, a nationally recognised missiologist and ecclesiologist about his new book, Giving the Church.
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Date and time TBC Join us as we talk to practitioners ministering in diverse cultural contexts to ask what we can learn theologically and practically about church planting today.
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Thursday 21st November, 11.30am Join us as we talk to the report’s author, Revd Dr Will Foulger and Revd Canon Professor Alison Milbank (who recently discussed the report on Radio 4) as we explore the wider implications of our recent research for the theology of church planting.
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Monday 10th March 2025, 7.30pm Join us for a conversation Bishop Phillip North, Dr John Wallace and Revd Katherine Bagnall who will explore the place of church planting in the Anglo Catholic tradition.
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What Church Planters can Learn from English Medieval Renewal Movements Revd Dr Scott Harrower (Ridley College, Melbourne), Tuesday, 9th July 2pm  Church planters may draw powerful vital lessons from the life and ministries of Aelred of Rievaulx for the sake of developing contemporary stable and deeply Christian communities. Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167) was a vital community leader and renewer in […]
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“Avoiding Technique: Church Planting as Attuned Response to the Holy Spirit in Place and Time”  Sarah Shin (University of Aberdeen) Thursday 13th June, 2pm This webinar explores the relationship between technique and the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the task of church planting. The paper will consider the work of the French sociologist, Jacques Elliul, and his warning against […]
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The Centre for Church Planting Theology and Research exists to tell the theological story of the Church Planting movement across the Church of England through quality theological reflection on original empirical research. We are hosting a series of webinars in 2023-24 on the theology of church planting. More details on the series can be found here. Our first webinar will […]
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