Your church wants to be a warm, hospitable family on a mission. But when outsiders turn up, do they feel the love? In this episode we explore the ways that our physical spaces and practices can either support or detract from the ‘real us’ that we want the world to see. Featuring the lovely Lydia Read from Hope Vineyard.

A compelling vision for change can be suffocated by a culture that is out of step. But changing the culture of any organisation is harder than one might imagine. How do we change the culture of church, shaped through umpteen years of tradition? The answer, says this team, is not to try and impose change. Rather, the whole church family should share in the crucial conversation needed for everyone to own the change for themselves. The leaders’ role is then to support the change that everyone desires!

You can't do mission without discipleship, so how do we make disciples of each other? Our special guest Clint Ussher from The Well shares how life groups done well can bring new life to struggling churches.

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Recording is by Campfire Studios at https://www.campfirestudios.co.nz

Intro Music is Jazz Brunch, and Outro Music is Carpe Diem, both by Kevin Macleod at Incompetech.com

So how do we bring mission back into the heart of church? Howard, Lynette and Bruce of the Love Your Neighbour team share encouraging stories from Church@126 and lay out a method of discipleship that is effective, highly relational and integral to the Sunday service.

Why do we do church this way? Our special guest Paul Milson from Brightwater Anglican tells how 'Christendom' church began 1700 years ago and why the decline in this way of doing church in a post-Christendom age is not our fault. Instead of being part of the problem, how can we be part of the solution?

For more, check out www.redemptivefamily.org

Recording is by Campfire Studios at https://www.campfirestudios.co.nz

A trailer for Redemptive Family's latest podcast: Help! My Church is Shrinking!