The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community

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The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community

Author(s): Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, Dwight J. Friesen
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Binding: Paperback
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The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community explores what happens when Christian congregations root themselves deeply in a specific place. Drawing on examples from cities, suburbs and small towns, the authors show how churches can move beyond commuter-based models toward local, relational forms of ministry.

The book recovers the ancient idea of the parish as a community of faith tied to a particular neighbourhood. It describes how churches that commit to their local context become more connected to the struggles, hopes and everyday life of their neighbours, and how this grounded presence can make the gospel feel more tangible and credible.

Readers are invited to rethink mission and discipleship through geography, culture, economy and relationships, learning what it means for a church to "know its place" and live for the good of that place. Awards and recognition highlight its contribution to contemporary conversations about the church’s role in society.

Key themes

  • Neighbourhood-based congregational life
  • Mission shaped by local context
  • Relational discipleship and community
  • Recovering the historic idea of parish

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