How to… use your imagination

Many people think creativity is a gift you either have or you don’t. But, says Jonny Baker, it's a more like a muscle we all need to exercise.

A Guide to Creative Conversations

A new practical resource for use in all kinds of mission and church situations.

Contextual inhabitation

Ed Olsworth-Peter points to the importance of the “where” of pioneer ministry and explores how people relate to their context.

Some kind of community of people orbiting around a podcast: church in the new environment | Tim Nash and Jonny Baker [ANVIL vol 35 issue 3]

Jonny Baker and Tim Nash in conversation about the Nomad podcast, tracing the ways that it has developed into an online, and in some places physical, community.

Ek-centric ecclesiology

An outsider to the pioneer conversation, Roman Catholic theologian Clare Watkins both encourages and challenges those involved in pioneering and fresh expressions.

‘Ask, seek, knock’ as a posture for mission

On Sunday 16 September Dr Cathy Ross, leader of the MA course for CMS Pioneer Mission Leadership Training, was installed as canon theologian at Leicester Cathedral. And she preached! Here’s an extract… “Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For […]

Lament and Hope

Exploring how lament can address injustice and offer new hope

Editorial: Mission is…

Mission is a way of framing: a lens to think about and practise what it means to follow Jesus in today’s world.

Pioneers on pilgrimage

Natalie Burfitt speaks to two experienced pioneer pilgrims to find out more about pilgrimage and why they love it.

“Looking out for the small things”

Clare Watkins highlights the many ways in which rural churches, though small and fragile, have much to offer.