The Catholic Bishiops Conference for England and Wales have a plan for home mission following up the Papal visit called 'Fresh Wind in our Sails'. See the 'Home Mission Timetable 2012' at: http://www.catholicchurch.org.uk/Catholic-Church/Home-Mission
Mission Action Plans help churches plan for mission strategically. A day is planned in Derby to bring pratitioners together: http://www.churchmaps.co.uk/news.htm
To help churches do more 'word and deed' outreach alongside Biblefresh and More than Gold, Hope Together have a new video: http://www.hopetogether.org.uk/.
The United Reformed Church start a year of evangelism as part of Vision 4 Life in December. Information, a pdf leaflet, and powerpoint presentation are at: http://www.vision4life.org.uk/
Chris Stoddard and Nick Cuthbert are heading up a new initiative to help leaders and their teams in mission join a shared learning process: http://www.leadacademy.net/
Gareth Squire was the director of the Christian Enquiry Agency. He and his wife Sarah have started their own consultancy, which includes a web page for Christian organisations at: http://3consult.co.uk/faith.html
Although the date passed, the link to the idea / concept of getting a crowd together for 'mob evangelism' is still live and can be seen, with a video, at: http://mobevangelism.blogspot.com/
To illustrate the Mike Chew book on Mission Action Planning, St John's Little le Woods have posted a You Tube video of their experience: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V1l0po1Tq8
The 'Purpose Driven' newsletter announces that their website has been redesigned to make resources more accessable and with online support. They also have a new unity caleed the 'Purpose Driven Journey': http://www.purposedrivenuk.com
The United Reformed Church have a website and resources for their 3 year process called Vision4Life which local churches are signing up to: http://vision4life.terapad.com/
Bob and Mary Hopkins have produced a variety of resources to help teams think strategically about mission and church planting in particular, including these for a Mission Audit:
Philip Walker from Natural Church Development is the contact person for a national network conference workshop called 'Coaching: Easy, Brief and Effective' to be held at Swanwick 1/2nd October. Coaching teams and individuals can really help churches develop a mission strategy and Christoph Schalk from NCD International will lead the workshop, whether you use NCD at present or not. More details on:
Philip Walker says that Adam Johnstone is coming over from Australia in June to help churches here grow using Natural Church Development tools ... with the emphasis on 'natural' growth. International research indicates that NCD leads to 51% growth in congregations and Johnstone will explore how this works in the local context visiting Reading, Manchester and Glasgow 16/18/19th June. For booking and details see: