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Trade Review"This fascinating justification of parish system should be compulsory reading for all who aspire to leadership within the Church." -- Angela Tilby
"Perhaps the most important book written about the Church of England in recent times. A frank acknowledgement of where we are, a clinical dissection of how we got there, and a genuine manifesto for how we move on. More than that, its prose positively drips with the beauty of holiness. It reminded me of what it is to know and love Jesus Christ in the context of the Church of England and spurred me on to want to fight for that consecrated context." -- Fergus Butler-Gallie
Table of ContentsIntroduction: For the Parish Twelve Years On 1 National Mission and Local Embodiment 2 How Did We Get Here? 3 Follow the Money 4 Managerial Mission 5 The Parish Between Church Planting and Pioneer Ministry 6 Bishops and Parishes: What Is the Church? 7 The Crisis in Education and Communal Memory 8 Kill the Parish? Conclusion: The Future Parish
