Missional Church resources
This page is a collection of key books, blogs, training courses and other materials to help you think through what it means in practice for the Church to become missional and incarnational.
There are loads of other good books and web sites out there. These are the ones I think are strategic. That doesn't mean I agree with everything they say. Sometimes they even disagree with each other. You're smart enough to think this through for yourself!
And if this list isn't enough to keep you busy, try this one.
Books
The Shaping of Things to Come: innovation and mission for the 21st century church. By Mike Frost and Alan Hirsch, Hendrickson 2003.
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Exiles: living missionally in a post-Christian culture, by Mike Frost, Hendrickson 2006
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The Forgotten Ways: reactivating the missional church, by Alan Hirsch, Brazos Press 2006
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Total Church: a radical reshaping around gospel and community, by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester, IVP 2007.
The Gospel-Centred Church: a tool for shaping your church around Christ's mission, by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester, Good Book Company 2002
Go here to buy 'The Gospel-centred Church' from The Good Book Company.
Post-Christendom: church and mission in a strange new world, by Stuart Murray, Paternoster 2004
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Church after Christendom, by Stuart Murray, Paternoster 2004
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Blogs
Alan Hirsch - The Forgotten Ways
Training courses
Alan Hirsch's Forgotten Ways training course
The Porterbrook network - training by the authors of 'Total Church' and 'The Gospel-centred church.'
At the time of writing, both these courses are in process of developing online / distance delivery.