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Hi, I agree entirely that a congregation which is turning around can do so very slowly, and that just one or two new people each year make all the difference. (I've also seen those one or two new people come in and actually increase the average age, and lower the already low energy level even...

Looks interesting. I wonder though how it would work with a congregation that's a lot smaller, very much in the elderly age range and where it would probably be unlikely anyone, including the leaders, would anticipate growth? I am having difficulty remembering many officers who have conveyed...

Just listening to Francis Chan preaching on 'Falling madly in love with God' on Youtube. :0) I don't think I can post links here. It's good stuff. Hope you're all ok. I've just had some answers to prayer here too, so a good week last week. Warmest blessings

Hi, that's useful information. Spurgeon's College London is training people by distance for a Bachelors degree in Ministry and Theology, but the practical work which happens in a local church is well integrated with the learning journals and assessments, and interviews are used as well. So by...

I've just noticed this thread, and would like to make a suggestion in response to the original question. Hard-line replacement theology and 'folk theology' replacement assumptions lead to Jewish believers being harassed and sometimes suffering really bad spiritual abuse in Gentile churches - for...

Hi, I'm glad you're finding NCD helpful. I don't buy that it's that useful. I think it can be useful as one of a range of approaches, but only if other difficulties have been dealt with first. I am not an expert but I think it is worth reading and studying widely on this. I hope it works where...

Hi, I'm a little familiar with NCD, have studied it as part of a couple of course units, and been in a church which uses it. I think it can be potentially useful, but it really does depend on what the congregation is like. I'd suggest there's sometimes some groundwork that needs to be done...

Hi, I'm a soldier in a corps in a small town in the SW UK. I've recently transferred from one where things were very difficult. I live with my two teens, son and daughter. My eldest has already left home and married, and I miss her lots! We see each other several times a year, but she's some...

Good to hear you are an adherent! I think small bands are the norm now. Our corps is very friendly though, and there are a few children too. I'm just trying to work out what to do with them for Sunday, as it's harvest.

Reapply in two years and plant something new in the meantime .......a fresh expression, a new work with young people or whatever.

Thank you for the welcome, had to scroll back a ways. We just had our first choir practice yesterday at the corps - they are not calling it songsters because they want adherents and friends to be able to join. I didn't manage to get there but hope to go. They haven't had songsters there for...

For people in the UK I'd recommend Spurgeon's College, London.

Hi, I used to post under another name, but lost all those details. It was some years ago. I now have to have a split identity in any case on line, as I'm a Jewish believer in the Salvation Army, and it has been really hard, I've moved to a new corps where nobody knows we are Jews. They have...