Being Messy, Being Church

Being Messy, Being Church

In 2017 Stephen contributed a chapter to a book edited by Ian Paul called Being Messy, Being Church: Exploring the Direction of Travel for Today’s Church. Stephen’s chapter was entitled ‘Messy Church and the challenge of making disciples’. This argued that ‘Messy Church’ and other ‘Fresh Expressions of Church’ will be most effective in producing life-long disciples of Jesus Christ when they are integrated within a biblical vision of the church. It sought to show how the so-called ‘New Perspective on St Paul’ and the rediscovery of the apostle’s vision for Jews and Gentiles forming one church provides much that is needed to ensure that the exciting developments of fresh forms of church are as effective as possible.