Breakout
by Mark Stibbe and Andrew Williams
GoodBookStall Review:
Although this is a story about dramatic church growth and ‘breakout’ from a ‘come and join us’ to ‘we’ll come and meet you’ model of church, this book is also a personal story. Mark Stibbe is Vicar of St Andrew’s Chorleywood and tells the story of transformation and rapid growth through forming ‘Mission Shaped Communities’ (MSC). Co-written with his colleague Andrew Williams this honest account looks at regrets as well as success and is told as a day to day diary with names of individuals and detailed accounts of how they felt the Lord lead. Using the image or turning a cruise ship in to lifeboats, with MSC’s serving particular groups of people, they just kept growing. This is a gripping read of how renewal in mission has worked in one church. I am sure it will affect others.
Reviewer: Jim Currin (18/10/08)
Although this is a story about dramatic church growth and ‘breakout’ from a ‘come and join us’ to ‘we’ll come and meet you’ model of church, this book is also a personal story. Mark Stibbe is Vicar of St Andrew’s Chorleywood and tells the story of transformation and rapid growth through forming ‘Mission Shaped Communities’ (MSC). Co-written with his colleague Andrew Williams this honest account looks at regrets as well as success and is told as a day to day diary with names of individuals and detailed accounts of how they felt the Lord lead. Using the image or turning a cruise ship in to lifeboats, with MSC’s serving particular groups of people, they just kept growing. This is a gripping read of how renewal in mission has worked in one church. I am sure it will affect others.
Reviewer: Jim Currin (18/10/08)
