Mission From Below

Mission From Below by Janet Hodgson

a book that needs to be taken very seriously -- Philip North

challenging lessons for the modern church -- Michael Turnbull

This is a radical and controversial challenge to the top-down leadership models that are so widespread in the church, instead making the case for a new model of people-driven servant leadership, guided by the Holy Spirit towards kingdom growth rather than church growth.

Using the example of two Loreto Sisters working alongside one of the most socially-deprived communities in North East England, we see how they listened to and affirmed people who felt forgotten and had lost hope. As servant leaders, the Sisters were gradually able to empower the residents of Port Clarence on the River Tees to confront the many injustices heaped upon them, and to take action in improving their lives.

Mission From Below is an inspiring example of how a seriously neglected community can bring about its own transformation without any fads or initiatives imposed from on high by the church.

Hodgson, Janet: - JANET HODGSON is a missiologist and writer. Before retirement she was widely acknowledged as a highly effective missioner in the Diocese of Durham. With Canon Robert Warren she developed the Healthy Churches resources published by CHP. She is the author of Making the Sign of the Cross and now lives in South Africa.

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ISBN 13	9781910519776
ISBN 10	1910519774
Title	Mission From Below
Author	Janet Hodgson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sacristy Press
Year published	2018-01-15
Number of pages	128
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