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If you need practical help for Christian ministry,
or fresh ideas to make you sit up and think, here are resources
not to miss.
This page gives access to articles and training notes, written
by John Truscott and freely available to you. Also to
his new Church Health Review, and to the Christian
Effectiveness Model designed for Christian mission
agencies.
Bookmark the site and return to this page
to check out the growing collection. Or, better, click here to receive occasional e-letters which inform you of new resources as they are added to the site.
New addition for June 2009: see A21, The use of print in outreach - Rethinking your church's practice. You will find this on the Articles index page - see below. More to come in August. Each item on the website (74 in total) is updated on a regular basis - usually once every two years.
To see a complete listing of all items, which you can print out and keep, click here.
John welcomes feedback and amends items in
the light of comments received. Please
email any suggestions you may have on existing items or ideas
for future topics by clicking here.
Each item is copyright © John Truscott but
you may download the file and/or print up to 30 copies and use them for non-commercial purposes within your
church or organisation. If you use multiple copies, please e-mail John to let him
know brief details so that he can monitor use. If you want to make more
than 30 copies, or wish to use the item beyond your own church/organisation,
John reserves the right to make a charge. Please contact him first
in this case.
Index pages
Click on a category below, or on the navigations on the circle or at the foot of each page, to see the items available.
Articles (A1-21)
These are general items of 3,000 to 8,000 words, covering a wide range of topics.
Effectiveness models (EM1-7)
The Church Health Review is a major resource to help any church assess itself. The Christian Effectiveness Model is a detailed tool to enable meaningful assessment of any Christian mission agency. Full sets of questions and tests are given for both.
Training Notes (TN1-48)
These are shorter, practical items, sometimes in list or note form, covering a wide range of topics. Many of these support training events that John runs.
Search
To find a particular resource use either the index pages (above) or this article search. To search enter keywords
in the box and click 'Go'.
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