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This booklet from GEAR aims to provoke conversation and experimentation, helping local churches to engage with some aspects of the Evangelism statement as presented to the 2010 General Assembly:
We will be more confident to engage in evangelism, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God with friends, families and strangers, through story and action.
This booklet from GEAR aims to provoke conversation and experimentation, helping local churches to engage with some aspects of the Spirituality and Prayer statement as presented to the 2010 General Assembly:
We will grow in our practice of prayer and spirituality, nurturing strength for our witness to Jesus Christ, and developing our discernment of where God is and what God is calling us to do by reading and studying the Bible and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
This booklet from GEAR aims to provoke conversation and experimentation, helping local churches to engage with some aspects of the Church Growth statement as presented to the 2010 General Assembly:
We will be a growing church with an increasing membership.
The numerical decline of the United Reformed Church raises profound concerns for the denomination’s future sustainability. And yet a significant number of local congregations are growing in number – and other denominations are experiencing local growth points too. Whilst our growth must be qualitative in terms of our spirituality and fellowship (our faithfulness), we should be bold enough to seek quantitative growth too (our fruitfulness).