Church Beyond Walls tells inspiring, informative and occasionally funny stories of how a group of people took Christian spirituality outside of church buildings to engage a world increasingly uninterested in religion, God and faith. From imaginative and wide-ranging experiments, it draws out principles to inspire local churches to express their faith in their communities, and it shares liturgical and other resources developed for these occasions. Based in Brighton and known as BEYOND, for over ten years this group of dreamers, artists and provocateurs have experimented with public art, created light shows and walking meditations, partnered with retailers to create spiritual shop window trails, celebrated the festivals of the church in secular spaces, used folk traditions and more to introduce people to the Christian faith. Their goal and the aim of this book is to help local churches create opportunities for epiphanies: moments when the divine can break into human experience.

About the Author
Martin Poole is a parish priest in Brighton and founder of Beyond Church www.beyondchurch.co.uk. Beyond is a small community of curators, dreamers, artists and provocateurs who have a passion for creating inspiring and stimulating experiences of God.

Reviews
'When fewer people than ever are coming to church, how do you take the church to them? And how do you make the Christian gospel relevant to people with little knowledge of Jesus and the Bible? The answer, according to Rev Martin Poole's fascinating new book, could be Nativity scenes in beach huts, spiritual trails through town centres, community art in public places and doing theology in pubs.' -- Premier Christianity
If you are planning to take worship out of the church and into public places in new and inspirational ways, this is the book for you.' -- Transforming Ministry
'Anyone seeking inspiration will find plenty of ideas here.' -- Sight Magazine



Book Information
ISBN 9781786224828
Author Martin Poole
Format Paperback
Page Count 208
Imprint Canterbury Press Norwich
Publisher Canterbury Press Norwich