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Being the People of God

Missional Ecclesiology for Uncertain Times

Paul Bradbury, Isabelle Hamley, Andy Smith
Being the People of God

Being the People of God

Missional Ecclesiology for Uncertain Times

Paul Bradbury, Isabelle Hamley, Andy Smith

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Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 9780334066422
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 31/07/2025
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
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In unsteady political, societal and ecclesial times, what might a missional ecclesiology offer? Drawn from a consultation instigated by the Church of England’s Faith and Order Commission, this book seeks to offer a generative conversation involving theologians and practitioners across three key themes – the church’s worship as a gathered community, its witness as a scattered community, and its walk as a pilgrim community. So often the church speaks as if there was a binary division between ‘being’ and ‘doing’, yet the contributors to this book collectively demonstrate that the situation is more complex. Taken together, the chapters in this volume offer an important resource for all who want to deepen and widen their understanding of the church’s academic engagement with contemporary ecclesiology. With contributors including: Johnny Baker, Angus Ritchie and Cathy Ross.
List of Contributors vii Introduction 1 Paul Bradbury, Isabelle Hamley, Andy Smith Part I Being Worship 1 Being Worship in the Making of Disciples 9 Hannah Steele 2 Being Worship in a Neighbourhood Ecology 22 Al Barrett 3 Being Eucharist 38 Alison Milbank 4 The Tender-hearted Community – Why Inclusion Means Interdependence 51 Sharon Prentis 5 Being Worship in the Parish 64 Andy Smith 6 Life, Death and Resurrection in Church Planting 70 Sarah McDonald Haden 7 Being Worship: To Proclaim Afresh in each Generation 75 Isabelle Hamley Part II Being Witness 8 Being Witness in a Global City 83 Ana França-Ferreira and Angus Ritchie 9 Being Witness to the Edges 98 Jonny Baker 10 Being Witness at the End of Modernity: Paradigm Shifts in Mission for the English Parish Church 112 Nigel Rooms 11 Practical Theological Reflection – Pioneering a Fresh Expression of Church on an Outer Estate in Southampton 125 Jon Oliver 12 Ecological Conversion and the Awakening from Earth Amnesia 134 John White 13 Being Witness: Mission in a Changing Landscape 140 Andy Smith Part III Being Pilgrim 14 Being Pilgrim, Being Parish 149 Christopher Hodder 15 Being Pilgrim in the Cathedral 166 David Monteith 16 Being Pilgrim in the Shadow of Empire 181 James Butler and Cathy Ross 17 Being Pilgrim into the Unknown 196 Tina Hodgett 18 Reflection: Garden Church, Norfolk 210 David Lloyd 19 Reflection: Being Pilgrim on the Margins 217 Fiona Gibson 20 Reflection: Navigating Faith and Identity: The Journey of Iranian Christian Converts in the UK 223 Omid Moludy 21 Editor’s Reflection 233 Paul Bradbury In Place of a Conclusion 239 Mike Harrison

Paul Bradbury, Isabelle Hamley, Andy Smith

Paul Bradbury is a pioneer minister, freelance researcher and writer, and a visiting tutor with the Church Mission Society and Ripon College Cuddesdon. Isabelle Hamley is Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Andy Smith is a team rector and serves on the Church of England Ministry Experience Scheme national steering group.