Learning faith: new issue of Anvil journal is out now
The latest issue of Anvil shares reflections and insights from a research project into everyday faith in eight locations across Britain.
What time is it? What we learned on the Gather tour 2023
Johnny Sertin and Mari Day have synthesised eight sessions of deep conversation with pioneers up and down the country to provide some thought-provoking signals for mission in the UK in the 21st century.
Coming out fighting for “pioneering”
"Pioneer" has become a disputed word. But Rev Tina Hodgett, Pioneering Parishes project leader, can't think of a better term for initiators of new things.
To be: more curious, less furious
In the Gospels, Jesus asks dozens of questions. Do we have the courage to be curious, with Jesus?
How not to evangelise among Westerners
In this post, Dr Harvey Kwiyani, African Christianity Programme Lead at CMS Pioneer Mission Training, reflects on non-Western evangelists in the West and how not to evangelise!
Working on our posture
Activist and author Shane Claiborne paid a visit to Church Mission Society for a lively conversation about mission.
Lay Pioneering and Thriving in Mission – a New Grove Book
We need to listen more carefully to the experience and gifts of informal, grassroots pioneers, says James Butler, introducing his new Grove book on lay pioneers.
Video: Jay Mātenga interview
Jay Mātenga shares his personal backstory as well as the richness that comes from Indigenous perspectives on faith.
Trusting the upside-down
Can a young person be a disciple before they 'believe'?, wonder mission partners Anna and Chris Hembury
Voice of violence, or voice of hope?
Back from DR Congo, mission partner Berdine asks which voices will we listen to – the loud shout of fear or the quieter tones of faith and hope?
