‘And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight’ Philippians 1:19
This report was commissioned by the Church of England and published in 2016. It was one of the most extensive pieces of research on the growth of Fresh Expressions of Church. There were also a number of related pieces of research attached to the report itself.
| 2016 |
The Day of Small Things Report |
Messy Church Research
CARU conducted two pieces of research on Messy Church, one of the most widely replicated models of Fresh Expressions.
| 2019 |
Playfully Serious – Investigating the effectiveness of Messy Church |
| 2021 | A Voyage of Discovery – Deepening discipleship in Messy Churches and beyond |
Paid Pioneers
The Paid Pioneers report (2022) sought to investigate the impact of the financial investment into pioneering across the Church of England and other denominations.
| 2022 |
On Church Planting and Pioneering in Scotland and Ireland
| 2025 | Pioneering in Ireland |
| 2024 | Seeing the Shoots (Scottish Church Planting Network) |
| 2020 |
Pioneering Pieces (Church of Scotland)
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Diocesan reports and evaluations
Snapshots: Stories from the Edge
Between 2014-15, CARU published a series of reflections on specific contexts engaging in pioneering
| 2014-15 | Snapshots – Stories from the Edge |
| 1999-2012 | Encounters on the Edge Booklets |