Mission-shaped Parish: Traditional Church in a Changing World

by Paul Bayes, Tim Sledge, John Holbrook

This is a practical how-to guide introducing new, mission-shaped practices in a traditional parish setting. This book looks at the church's bread-and-butter activities -- worship, pastoral contacts, civic and public responsibilities, faith formation, administration and leadership -- and creatively points out how to reframe them with a focus on God's mission.

Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

Reviews

[Toby · Rating 3 out of 5]

A helpful application of Mission Shaped Church Principles into a local parish context. Now that I am vicar of a trad parish church with all the trappings of Anglicanism (especially lots of occasional offices) it is of rather more relevance to me than it would have been formerly. Even so, this side of the pandemic, the lack of any mention of an online presence (understandable for a book now 12 years old) makes it feel somewhat dated.

I liked the story of the Russian Orthodox Church on retreat in 1918 arguing over vestment colours, only to emerge to discover that they had been abolished. A cautionary lesson.