Two great books to help you grow whole-life disciples in your church.

Imagine Church offers hope, wisdom and real-life examples for churches seeking to make disciples for all of life.

How can an ordinary church become a community of people who help one another live out their whole life – at work, home, church, in the neighbourhood – as followers of Jesus in his mission to the world? This book is for those who want life together in church to equip disciples who live out their faith in the realities of their day-to-day world.

Drawing on three years of work with pilot churches across the UK, Neil Hudson – pioneer practitioner, reflective thought leader, working pastor – offers wisdom and practical examples of how a church can change.

Follow-up Scattered & Gathered explores how the local church can empower people to live faithfully and fruitfully for Christ in their Monday-to-Saturday lives.

How can what happens on Sundays and in midweek groups equip and sustain God’s people for the opportunities and challenges that present themselves in the places where they are each day? Neil draws on 13 years of engagement and cross-denominational field research with hundreds of churches. Brimming with insight and lessons applied personally, Neil offers us a good-humoured, humble, and honest guide to creating a sustainable church culture that makes resilient disciples – when they are both gathered and scattered in today’s world.

Praise for Imagine Church

‘If you are looking for some quick fixes to make your church better you won’t find them here. (They don’t exist!) The purpose of this book is – literally – to turn you church inside out!’

– Graham Cray

‘Having LICC take us through the Imagine Project teaching series in our local church was a breakthrough point for us.’

– Biya Ajala

Praise for Scattered & Gathered

‘This book helps to navigate a way towards a different expression of being the people of God.’
– The Revd David Thompson, Secretary, Council for Congregational Life & Witness, Presbyterian Church in Ireland

‘There is a present need for the church to discover afresh what it means to be the Body of Christ, which is both gathered and sent. This book looks at the implications of this for church leaders and how we ensure that all we ‘do’ as gathered church nourishes, strengthens and equips people of all ages and backgrounds to ‘be’ the church Sunday through to Saturday.’
– Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester

Imagine Church published 2012
Pages: 184

Scattered & Gathered published 2019
Pages: 215