God's Tent Pitched Among Us

A New Pattern for Rural Church Mission

Benjamin Carter, Helen-Ann Hartley

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English

Sacristy Press
20 April 2020

Christianity; Anglican & Episcopalian Churches, Church of England; Christian theology; Christian sacraments; Worship, rites & ceremonies

As the church focuses more and more on growth in urban areas, this book shows how small rural parishes can respond with confidence to the opportunities and challenges for mission and ministry, and that flourishing exists throughout the church, and particularly in small and rural contexts.

God’s Tent Pitched Among Us provides a worked example of a thriving rural mission project in Northumberland. It is a handbook for those who would like to develop their own expression of God’s Tent, providing practical encouragement and easy-to-follow outline sessions. It also offers an extended reflection on the powerful image of the tent-pitching God in the book of Exodus and who biblical writers continue to draw on through the book of Revelation, and more notably in the prologue to John’s Gospel.

By: Benjamin Carter
Foreword by: Helen-Ann Hartley
Imprint: Sacristy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 160g
ISBN: 9781789590975
ISBN 10: 1789590973
Pages: 125
Publication Date: 20 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Benjamin Carter is the Vicar of the Parishes by the Wall – which cover about 100 square-miles of the most famous stretches of Hadrian's Wall. Benjamin has developed a new pattern of Church called “God's Tent” which pitches a Bell Tent in the landscape as a location and focus for worship and conversation for older children and young adults.

Reviews for God's Tent Pitched Among Us: A New Pattern for Rural Church Mission

By the very nature of the Tent, worship and environment are brought together in natural and holistic ways. … The author is to be congratulated on his generous sharing of a range of creative ideas. If a rural church or group of churches is looking for a fresh, realistic initiative to develop mission, this book will serve very well. -- James Francis * Rural Theology *