Books
A number of people involved (currently or previously) in Urban Expression or as Associates have written books or contributed chapters to books on church planting, urban mission or other related subjects.
Here is an annotated list of such books/authors, which we will try to keep updated:
Colin Marchant: Signs in the City (Hodder & Stoughton, 1985)
An introduction to the urban context - its struggles and signs of hope.
Colin Marchant: Shalom, my Friends (Marshall Pickering, 1988)
Study of the potent biblical word 'shalom' and its implications for building community.
Mark Perrott: 'An Incomer's Tale' in Michael Estman & Steve Latham (Eds.) Urban Church: A Practitioner's Resource Book (SPCK, 2004)
A personal account of involvement in urban ministry and mission.
Derek Purnell: 'Urban Mission' in Michael Estman & Steve Latham (Eds.) Urban Church: A Practitioner's Resource Book (SPCK, 2004)
Reflections from Manchester on the practicalities of urban mission.
Juliet Kilpin: 'Church Planting' in Michael Estman & Steve Latham (Eds.) Urban Church: A Practitioner's Resource Book (SPCK, 2004)
Church planting in the urban context.
Stuart Murray: 'New Models of Church' in Michael Estman & Steve Latham (Eds.) Urban Church: A Practitioner's Resource Book (SPCK, 2004)
A brief exploration of emerging forms of church and their relevance to the urban context.
Kathryn Copsey: Become Like a Child (SU, 1994)
By the project leader of CURBS, which provides resources for those working with children in urban contexts.
Kathryn Copsey: From the Ground Up (Bible Reading Fellowship, 2005)
An introduction to the spirituality of children.
Illtyd Barrie Thomas: Compassion and Community (Piquant, 2005)
The story of the work of the Living Well Trust on an estate in Carlisle.
Derek Purnell: 'Urban Presence' in John Vincent (Ed.): Faithfulness in the City (Monad, 2003)
The work and context of Urban Presence in Manchester.
Matt Wilson: Eden: CAlled to the Streets (Kingsway, 2005))
Stuart Murray: City Vision (Darton, Longman & Todd, 1989)
A biblical perspective on the meaning of the city and urban mission.
Stuart Murray: Church Planting: Laying Foundations (Paternoster, 1998)
The theological, historical, biblical and missiological foundations for the practice of church planting.
Stuart Murray & Anne Wilkinson-Hayes: Hope from the Margins (Grove, 2000)
One of the first investigations of new ways of being church and the issues these raise.
George Lings & Stuart Murray: Church Planting: Past, Present and Future (Grove, 2003)
A summary of church planting in Britain during the 1990s with suggestions for lessons to be learned.
Stuart Murray: Post-Christendom: Church and Mission in a Strange New World (Paternoster, 2004)
An examination of the implications of the end of Christendom for mission in a changing culture.
Peter Neilson, Church on the Move, New Church, New Generation, New Scotland (Glasgow: Covenanters Press, 2005)
An account of the Emerging Church in Scotland over the last 5-6 years.
Stuart Murray: Church after Christendom (CTBI, 2006)
The second title in the 'After Christendom' series, exploring mission, community and worship in a changing culture.
Stuart Murray: Changing Mission (CTBI, 2006)
An introduction to the emerging church scene and its implications for mission in contemporary culture.
Juliet Kilpin & Stuart Murray: Church Planting in the Inner City: the Urban Expression Story (Grove, 2007)
An account of the first ten years of Urban Expression and lessons learned about church planting in the inner city.
Eleanor Williams: Fresh Expressions in the Urban Context (YTC Press, 2007)
An exploration of the significance of 'fresh expressions of church' for urban communities.