Urban Church Planting

A 12 hour course on urban church planting (as far as we know the only such course in the UK), exploring the different dynamics of planting churches in the urban context, with teaching sessions and group work on the following topics:

  1. What’s different about urban church planting?
  2. Urban mission is holistic
  3. The history of urban mission in the UK
  4. Why plant churches in the inner city today?
  5. Urban mission is cross-cultural
  6. What kinds of churches do we plant?
  7. Church planting in a Muslim neighbourhood
  8. Church planting in a Hindu neighbourhood
  9. Church in the inner city
  10. Spirituality in the inner city
  11. A tale of two cities
  12. The challenge and the call
This course ran (in partnership with the Regeneration Trust) for the first time in London in January/February 2004 and can be delivered wherever there is sufficient interest. It ran again in Oldham between 19 April and 7 June 2004. The course can run for 2 hours one evening a week over 6 weeks, or in two 6 hour blocks. Participants receive a folder of notes to accompany the teaching.

If you are interested in participating in a future course or hosting such a course, please contact us for further details.

Urban Church Planting Intensive

An intensive version of our urban church planting training course ran in Birmingham on 12-13 March 2005. This was co-sponsored by Urban Expression and the NEO initiative of The Salvation Army.

Format

The course ran from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon, with the following timetable:

Saturday 12 March

11.15 Arrive/coffee

11.30 Urban spirituality (1)

11.45 Session 1: What’s different about urban church planting?

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Urban spirituality (2)

2.15 Session 2: What kinds of churches do we plant?

3.30 Break

4.00 Urban spirituality (3)

4.15 Session 3: Urban mission: holistic and cross-cultural

6.00 Dinner

8.00 Session 4: Urban mission: leadership and empowerment

Sunday 13 March

8.30 Breakfast

9.30 Urban spirituality (4)

9.45 Session 5: Church in the inner city

11.00 Break

11.30 Urban spirituality (5)

11.45 Session 6: Life in the inner city

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Depart

Venue

The course was held at the International Mission Centre, 24 Weoley Park Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 6QX

This intensive version of the course can be run elsewhere if there is sufficient interest. If this might be useful in your area, pease contact Urban Expression for further details.