Agenda Volume 2 - Methodist Conference

42. Ministries Committee
the Common Awards within the
Church of England and potentially
with other ecumenical partners, as
well as regular dialogue with those
developing the new Discipleship
and Ministries Learning Network.
With the URC, we are thinking how
Mission-shaped Ministry can sit
alongside the TLS programme. The
good news is that all ecumenical
partners remain firmly committed
to Mission-shaped Ministry and
recognise it as being one of the most
effective training resources available.
2.22 Mission-shaped Ministry continues
to be widely used to teach the key
skills required not only for forming
new ecclesial communities as fresh
expressions of church, but also
developing evangelism, and building
up church life.
Mission-shaped Ministry Number of courses Number of participants
UK 90 2853
International 15 366
Total 105 3219
The publication of Mission-shaped
Intro in book form has been
warmly received. The resource has
been sent out around the District
Evangelism Enabler network.
2.23 There has been a real revival of
interest in vision days highlighting
the ongoing need to keep presenting
the vision and telling the story of
what God is doing though fresh
expressions of church.
Vision days Number of days Number of participants
UK 94 6723
International 20 1301
Total 114 8024
2.24 As we head towards the 100 th vision
day in the UK, we will stay true to our
values and rather than having one
‘come to us’ event we are planning
a series of local contextual events
deliberately organised in partnership
with a fresh expression. We are
looking at three days in:
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Chesterfield – in partnership
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with the Order of the Black
Sheep
Romford – in partnership with
Re:gen
Swansea – in partnership with
Zac’s Place
With CWM Europe, we are looking at
translating the vision day materials
into Welsh.
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