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MAP Facilitator's Day - Oct 17th

 

There will be a national MAP facilitators' day on October 17th, hosted by Derby diocese, starting at 11am and finishing by 3pm. Watch this space for more details or email: maureen.cole@derby.anglican.org

 

 

General Synod to debate MAP

 

At the General Synod in early July, there will be a debate about "Mission Action Planning in the Church of England", and Bishop Paul Butler (Southwell) will propose:

That this Synod:

  1. recognise the urgent missionary task facing the Church of England to reverse decades of numerical decline and make new disciples for Jesus Christ in every community in our land;
  2. affirm the experience of a remarkable and growing number of parishes that find mission action planning to be a strategic tool which helps them grow in faith, in numbers and in service to their community; and
  3. call on the Archbishops' Council to work with the central structures of the Church of England to produce a national mission action plan that will support parishes in growing the number of worshipping Anglicans, enabling them to grow in faith

We will report progress here

The background paper for the debate can be downloaded here

 

 

MAP Book

 

Mike Chew and Mark Ireland (vicar of Wellington and former diocesan missioner for Lichfield) have written a book about MAP, published by SPCK in November 2009. Forwarded by David Hope – the first Bishop to use MAP – the book argues the case for producing a MAP, describes a practical ongoing process, gives practical examples, and provides evidence of the effectiveness of the process. It is based on research conducted in several dioceses of the Church of England – at diocesan and parish levels


“The ‘MAP’ process is well described by Mark Ireland and Mike Chew in this excellent book and I am enormously grateful that they have taken the time and the care to enquire more deeply both into the process and some of the outcomes now in a number of Dioceses.”
          Lord Hope of Thornes KCVO


The book also reflects on the theology of MAP and covers the biblical roots, missiological connections and how MAP fits in with other recent approaches to mission work


The book is priced at £9.99 
ISBN 978 0 281 06122 8