Kingdom Communities (2nd Edition): Shining The Light of Christ Through Faith, Hope And Love

Kingdom Communities: Shining the light of Christ through faith, hope and love is an inspirational and compelling exploration of a spreading phenomenon that is breaking out in the most unlikely of places. As attendance in churches is in plateau or freefall, small and growing numbers of people are turning to creative and relationally connected communities that shine the light of Christ with great effect and generosity.

Authors Andrew Menzies and Dean Phelan examine the rise of this diverse and organic movement that is popping up in neighbourhoods, regional towns, urban slums, brothels, aged care villages, schools, churches ... indeed anywhere! Using multiple case studies from across the region, Menzies and Phelan explore this growing movement historically, biblically and theologically and uncover the power of distributed networks for holistic Christian mission.

In our age of disruption and rapid discontinuous change that has shaken religious institutions to their core, Kingdom Communities is both a challenge and major injection of hope for those who are passionate about the kingdom of God, Christian leadership, the future of ministry and the relational communities that the world desperately needs.