[RESEARCH] 04.08
In what ways can Alternative Worship communities engage with the spiritual needs of both church leavers and non-churched seekers?
HANNH DEAVES interviewed by Ian Mobsby

"...although those leaving the established church and those with no church background in some areas were looking for the same things in other areas they have very different needs..."

[RESEARCH] 02.08
Adpating mission and worship to the cultural landscape
SUE WALLACE interviewed by
[York, UK]

"People are profoundly affected by their cultures, the books they read the songs they listen to and their surrounding environment and these questions and thoughts will often take on a spiritual character because we are spiritual people."

[RESEARCH] 01.08
Fresh Expressions in an Urban Context
ELEANOR WILLIAMS interviewed by Steve Griffiths
UK

"...I had struggled for years with how the Church could be culturally relevant without losing what makes it distinctively 'church'..."

[RESEARCH] 12.07
Stations of the Cross 2003: An Analysis of a Liturgical Experience and its Relevance for Spiritual Formation Today
MARK PIERSON
New Zealand

"...I have long been interested in ways to use cultural artifacts in worship and to have that use enable punters to make a deeper response to following Jesus in their contemporary worlds..."

[RESEARCH] 10.07
A Case Study Approach to Cityside Baptist Church as Christian Faith “making do” in a Postmodern World
STEVE TAYLOR
New Zealand

“ I was tired of reading abstract surveys of cultural change followed by a few generalised comments. I wanted to explore what was actually happening on the ground, with people..."

[RESEARCH] 06.07
Burning Man Festival as Life-Enhancing, Post-Christendom 'Middle Way'
JOHN MOREHEAD
USA

“Perhaps our careful theological and missiological reflection on aspects of Burning Man might be used by the Spirit to provide the seeds for the church's revitalization and renewed credibility in the post-Christendom West..."

[RESEARCH] 03.07
...Burning the man
Jim Gilmore interviewed by John Drane (Pt2)
Los Angeles USA

"...I was reading Gibbs and Bolger's book on Emerging Churches and I thought, "hey, a lot of this stuff describes what they do at Burning Man... ...I've experienced more church at Burning Man than I have at a lot of churches I've been a part of."

[RESEARCH] 02.07
Emerging and Fresh Expressions of Church: How are they authentically Church and Anglican?
IAN MOBSBY
London, UK
interviewed by Jonny Baker

"...I was sick to death of people in the church slagging off the mission shaped church report and fresh expressions for having no theological or ecclesiological depth. I was also curious about what it was within Anglicanism that had allowed it in some places to become the womb for alt worship and the emerging church..."

His Color is Our Blood: A Phenomenology of the Prodigal Father
PETE ROLLINS
Belfast, Northern Ireland

"...This process involved studying the Greek philosophers, scholastic thought, modern and then postmodern thinking. While the process fed my mind I must say that my research was primarily a spiritual discipline which helped to transform me (ultimately provoking me to start ikon)..."

The Labyrinth – Ritualisation as Strategic Practice in Postmodern Times
JONNY BAKER
London UK

Ian Mobsby talks to Jonny Baker about his research dissertation for his MA at Kings College London.