Breakout: Our Church's Story of Mission and Growth in the Holy Spirit

Stibbe Mark, Williams Andrew

Authentic Publishers, Oct 1, 2008 - Religion - 288 pages

Breakout is the story of one church's rediscovery of a Spirit empowered, New Testament model of church.

Christianity Magazine Book of the Year.

It is an honest, inspiring testimony to the truth that the Gospel of Jesus still maintains its life-changing power and God's people still have it in them to change the world.

St Andrew's Chorleywood has been at the forefront of church renewal for over three decades. In the last five years, it has seen substantial growth as the congregation has moved from drawing people to one place, to a model in which well over a thousand believers have been sent out in mission-shaped communities of up to 50 members, meeting in school halls, community centres, coffee shops and other contexts.

This daring move has resulted in the raising up of over a hundred new leaders, a massive release of spiritual gifts, great vision and creativity in outreach, and major growth through evangelism.

About the author

The Revd Dr Mark Stibbe (Ph.D.,University of Sheffield) is Vicar of St Andrews Church, Chorleywood, a very large mission-focused congregation on the edge of London and one of the UK's centres of charismatic renewal. He has written many books, including the bestselling John as Storyteller: Narrative Criticism and the Fourth Gospel, A Box of Delights (Monarch), From Orphans to Heirs: Celebrating our Spiritual Adoption (BRF), John's Gospel (New Testament Readings - Routledge), Prophetic Evangelism (Authentic) and most recently The Resurrection Code and Breakout (Authentic). He is a popular speaker both in the UK and throughout the rest of Europe.

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Andrew Williams qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and practiced law in the city (London). He was ordained in 2000. In 2003, he was appointed Associate Vicar at St. Andrews Chorleywood where he has developed a creative new strategy for releasing Gods people in mission. Andrew is an original and anointed communicator and he has spoken at many churches across the UK and Europe including the New Wine Leaders Conference, CLAN in Scotland and Oasis in Norway. He is a member of the European Church Planting Network and teaches for John Paul Jacksons Streams Institute for Spiritual Development. He is married to Elena and they have two daughters.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Breakout: Our Church's Story of Mission and Growth in the Holy Spirit
• Authors: Stibbe Mark, Williams Andrew
• Publisher: Authentic Publishers, 2008
• ISBN: 1850789703, 9781850789703
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Church / Growth; Religion / Christian Life / Spiritual Growth; Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions