In the age of Post-Christendom, we’re helping leaders to imagine creative new ways of being the people of God.

We contextualise the Gospel for this cultural moment, to equip urban missionaries with the skills and structures to empower communities to thrive, and to develop leaders who are nimble and adaptable in a ministry landscape that is rapidly changing. Put simply, we wrestle together with the question of how best to follow the revolutionary Jesus in this moment.

READING FOR THE JOURNEY

Eventually, You Have to Try Something: A Sustainable Rhythm for Church Replanting

My husband Chris and I arrived in Castlecliff at the beginning of 2020, with the intention of beginning to dream with God around replanting a small Anglican church called St. Luke’s.

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One Big Learning in Parish Renewal

If I had to sum up my biggest learning in parish renewal, it’s this:
the church is not a golf club — it’s a field hospital.

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Making the Shift: Lessons from the Frontline of a Disciple-Making Movement

When we first launched Multiply Movements, we had no idea what the journey ahead would hold. We began with five small churches and a deep conviction that God was calling us to multiply disciples and churches across our region. Three years later, that number has grown to more than fifty.

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Is your Jesus stretched, or is he squashed?

“To be in Christ is to be shaped by the narrative of Christ’s self-giving love, a narrative that always takes the form of the cross. Cruciformity is the reenactment of the story of Christ in our lives, a life of faithful obedience and self-emptying love for God and neighbour.” — Michael J. Gorman, Cruciformity: Paul’s Narrative Spirituality of the Cross

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Listen to Catch.

The Catch Network Podcast offers an exploration into the learnings we’ve made over the past 25 years of doing urban mission and church-planting.

We talk with experienced folks about what they’ve seen in the past and what’s unfolding in the future as we seek to renew the local church.

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