Evangelism UK

CofE latest statistics

Church of England attendance figures have been published with comments @ http://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2013/05/church-annual-statistics-for-2011.aspx

EA produce 'Confidently sharing the gospel?'

The Evangelical Alliance have a new resource based on research, to go with their 'creating confidence' initiative, see: http://www.eauk.org/church/resources/snapshot/confidently-sharing-the-gospel.cfm

Statements on Census stats

The website for Churches Togetehr in England has some census statements and articles: http://www.cte.org.uk/Articles/336982/Churches_Together_in/News_Events/News/2011_Census_stats.aspx

2011 Census stats 'religion' released

The official figures from the 2011 Census are at: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rpt-religion.html

Latest evangelism research newsletter from Sheffield Centre

'From modality to metaphor' is about finding ways of finding different ways of speaking about church and mission. Read the blog or download PDF: http://sheffieldcentreresearch.wordpress.com/category/research-bulletin/no-11-winter-201112-earth-air-fire-water/

Latest 'Tomorrow's Evangelism' bulletin

The latest bulletin from the Church Army Sesearch Unit is available from the Sheffield Centre: http://www.churcharmy.org.uk/ms/sc/Evangelism/sfc_tomorrows_evangelism.aspx

CofE Church Growth website live

The Church of England have just launched a website from their Church Growth Research program: http://www.churchgrowthresearch.org.uk/

Church Growth in Britain - 1980-2010

A major study with key contributors looks at church growth in the UK over the past 30 years: http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&title_id=10760&edition_id=11087&calcTitle=1

SCOLER article for Anglican Communion

News to the worldwide Anglican Communion included an article about SCOLER, the online library for MA /PhD theses in evangelism:  http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2012/7/2/ACNS5137

'Reaching sustainable growth' paper from diocese of Canterbury

The latest Resourcing Mission Bulletin from the CofE is available here:http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1499885/achieving%20sustainable%20growth%20-%20john%20walker%20-%20final%20-%20july%202012.pdf

Growth Planning Framework - paper from Liverpool Diocese

Linda Jones is Team Leader of the Church Growth team in the Anglican diocese of Liverpool and written about the growth framework: http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1499872/growth%20planning%20framework%20-%20diocese%20of%20liverpool%20-%20final%20-%20july%202012.pdf

SCOLER goes live - online MA / PhD's

MA and PhD's in evangelism, fresh expressions, emerging church etc are now online at SCOLER. More will be added now live at: http://www.churcharmy.org.uk/scoler

MA and PhD evangelism research papers WANTED

The Churches Group for Evangelisation is working in partnership with the Sheffield Centre to provide open access to research papers in evangelism. Each thesis must be already formally accreditted, either MA or PhD, in a topic related to 'sharing the good news of Jesus Christ'. These papers are now wanted before the website 'SCOLER' goes public on June 1st: http://www.cte.org.uk/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=310487

Sheffield Centre 'Letters home' from pioneer ministers

SC have just launched a new resource which you can see at: http://www.churcharmy.org.uk/ms/sc/sfc_lettershome.aspx

Survey 'Church! what's it ever done for you?

Rob Powys-Smith from Christian Research reports that 3,500 people have now completed the research questionnaire, but he would like many more to complete it via: https://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveypreview.asp?k=133235038613

Tomorrow's evangelism - 3 papers

The Sheffield Centre have posted their latest papers, one of which explore the action learning cycle as a model for conversion, see: http://www.churcharmy.org.uk/ms/sc/Evangelism/sfc_tomorrows_evangelism.aspx

Mission and church - modality and sodality

George Lings has explored these key words in a paper on the Sheffield Centre blog: http://sheffieldcentreresearch.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/understanding-mission-andchurch-better-through-modality-and-sodality/

Survey on how people 'Reconnect' with Christ

Many people in UK congregations have been 'disconnected' and 'reconnected'. A survey for church leaders will look at this, while people who have 'reconnected' can tell their story. See:

http://connect4life.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=105&Itemid=116

This post on EvangelismUK is for wide circulation to church leaders.

Survey on care and church growth

Church Urban Fund and Christian Research found 28% of churches with care initiatives saw church growth even though that was not the specific intention: http://www.cuf.org.uk/research/church-growth

Faith in research - 9th May

An Anglican gathering of researchers looking at church and mission will meet in London: http://www.freshexpressions.org.uk/training/events/faithinresearch12

Steve Hollinghurst on Richard Dawkins research

Steve Hollinghurst makes some comments: http://sheffieldcentreresearch.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/what-does-the-dawkins-ipsosmori-poll-14th-feb-2012-tell-us-about-uk-christianity/

Richard Dawkins research on social attitudes 15/02/12

This is the link to research of Christian social attitudes just published and making the news: http://c3414097.r97.cf0.rackcdn.com/IpsosMORI_RDFRS-UK_Survey_Topline_15-02-2012.pdf

Sheffield Research Centre start blog

A new blog site about mission, evangelism and fresh expressions research has been launched by the Sheffield Centre - it will include Research Bulletins and comment area: http://sheffieldcentreresearch.wordpress.com/

Research of religious trends

Download BSA28_12Religion

This is a pdf download of research on religious trends from the National Centre for Social Research which you may see quoted.

Australian research informs UK evangelism

A research project in Australia has revealed interesting comments like 1 in 2 do not identify with religion and 12 % say they are spiritual but not religious, see: http://www.olivetreemedia.com.au/resources/Olive%20Tree%20Media/Apologetics%20Series/Reseach%20Summary-web.pdf

ReJesus / Christmas + 16-25 year olds rank Jesus 123rd

The reJesus website has a new blog post about Christmas, including a link to research among 16-25 year olds suggesting Jesus is only ranked 123rd of people most admired:  http://www.rejesus.co.uk/blog/post/the_jesus_silly_season 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow's evangelism research bulletin

The second (6 month) bulletin from The Sheffield Centre / researcher Steve Hollinghurst is free from http://www.churcharmy.org.uk/ms/sc/Evangelism/sfc_tomorrows_evangelism.aspx

Latest Research Bulletin from Sheffield Centre

This mission research bulletin is available from the Church Army Sheffield Centre website at http://www.encountersontheedge.org.uk/further-publications/research-bulletin-no-08-summer-2011.html

'Big Blether' about reaching out in Scotland

The Mission and Discipleship Council of the Church of Scotland have launched a new website to engage their churches in discussing worship, witness and discipleship, see: http://bigblether.net/

CofE Cathedral attandance figures increased 'significantly'.

The Church of England have produced detailed figures for 2010 about Cathedrals and 'significant' increase in use and attandance, see http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1243690/cathedralattendances2000to2010.pdf