As we look at the landscape of the church across the four nations that we call the United Kingdom, we see an extraordinary set of...

Much to the delight of the secular media, the headlines from the 2021 census proclaimed the simple fact that the number of people who...

As part of our recent 'A City to Reach' training day in Birmingham, Rachel Jordan-Wolf from HopeTogether shared insights from the 2022...

Those who strongly advocate church planting over and against church revitalisation sometimes quip, “it’s easier to give birth than to...

It’s now just over 30 years since my first book on church planting, written in conjunction with Stuart Christine, was launched. It was...

Those who are leading churches that are growing, frequently report that they have noticed a change in the spiritual atmosphere over the...

Bible Society's research for Lumino threw up some fascinating findings about differing attitudes to the Bible among different age groups....

The Evangelical Alliance have produced a very helpful resource off the back of researching young adults – the resource is called ‘7...

How are you going to create a starting point from which you plant a new church? Your key is network. Network! Network! Network! Get to as...

Stephen Beck briefly explains the Phases of Church Planting at our recent Engage West Midlands Training Conference 'Growing the Kingdom:...

Over the years, I have been responsible for working with congregations in serious decline or facing closure. Sometimes I have exercised...

Across nearly every denomination and church network in the UK, church planting is increasingly on the agenda. In autumn 2021 the National...

In October 2021, Engage West Midlands ran their first Re-Imagine Conference with leaders’ breakfasts across the West Midlands, and some...

At Safe Families we know that the local church long to make a genuine impact in their communities and we believe that the church is...

A recent editorial in the Guardian newspaper (1), not known for its Christian sympathies, cited research suggesting that Britain is both...

Listen to Raphaël Anzenberger talk about how multiplication happened in the New Testament Church and what we can learn from that today....

KICK’s mission is to transform young people’s lives, with God's love, through sport and support. KICK aspire to see a generation of young...

1. A Coalition for Church Planting (Together) Evidence from around the world suggests that when churches work together in partnerships of...

Dr. Martin Robinson European history gives many examples of Exponential growth. The Methodist movement is one of them. Dr. Martin...

Having prayer-walked the postcodes of Birmingham over 40 days last summer, Andy Mackie has turned his pilgrimage into an...