I don't think it's an either/or, it a both/and. We need to be about the work of helping established church turn around, small membership churches grow and be stable, and planting new churches. They are all after different audiences, but the most relevant to the culture churches we have, by and large, will be NCDs. As Lovett said in his presentation a few weeks ago, we need to be about strengthening what is strong as well. The NCDs will in the end strengthen existing churches as well.
I am glad we are having conversations about the issue and talking together, instead of "competing strands" if you will. The more voices, the better the conversation.
We need to be aware of the great danger of Methodism, through. All talk and no action :)
Andy
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