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Bruised Reeds and Mustard Seeds: The Gift of the Small Church [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 160 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x140 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 29-May-2026
  • Kirjastus: Canterbury Press Norwich
  • ISBN-10: 1786226774
  • ISBN-13: 9781786226778
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 160 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x140 mm
  • Ilmumisaeg: 29-May-2026
  • Kirjastus: Canterbury Press Norwich
  • ISBN-10: 1786226774
  • ISBN-13: 9781786226778
In a time when churches across denominations face a steady decline in attendance, smaller congregations often find themselves overshadowed by the push for growth and numbers. While larger "Resource Churches" are praised for their expansion, the true value of the smaller church is frequently overlooked. But what if theres a unique gift in these smaller communities?

Jody Stowell invites you to explore how, in the race for growth, we may be missing the deep significance and essential role of smaller congregations. As anxiety about survival and financial security spreads throughout the church, local churches and their leaders bear the burden. Yet, within these smaller churches lies a richness, resilience, and spiritual depth that is often lost in the noise.

This is a call to rediscover the profound worth of smaller congregations and recognize their vital place in the future of faith communities.

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'In Bruised Reeds and Mustard Seeds, with both love and holy anger Jody Stowell is truly evangelical about small churches: they we are unapologetically good news in our faithfulness to the way of Jesus, good news for a Church and a world beset by anxieties and in thrall to the idolatries of growth and big. Jody attends carefully both to the beautiful, fragile realities of small churches and to the radically encouraging witness of Scripture. Read this book: it will kindle in your heart a fire of resistance and hope.' -- Al Barrett 'A passionate and compassionate plea for a greater valuing and support of smaller churches in an age anxiously prioritising size and growth. In this timely book, Jody Stowell offers subversive pastoral, theological and strategic wisdom for the work of reimagining the potential gifts in being smaller not bigger in this world.' -- David Runcorn

Jody Stowell is Vicar of St Michael and All Angels, Harrow Weald and member of General Synod. She is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 2s Pause for Thought.