Everyone knows disciplemaking in churches is important - vital, even. But how do we move from good intentions to real transformation? Drawing on LICC's engagement with thousands of UK churches and his decades of experience as a church leader, Ken Benjamin offers 20 ways to put whole-life discipleship at the heart of our churches - 20 vital signs of disciplemaking life.

Are we getting too squeamish about the atonement? There is a quiet crisis of confidence in many Western churches. Confusion, debates and changing sensibilities have thrown doubt on whether one of our central doctrines can be reliably communicated as “good news” today. This book approaches atonement through story, allowing imagination to illuminate the multi-faceted meanings in Christ’s atoning work, and exploring how those rich stories can be good news for the complex issues of our day.

Mapping your spiritual journey is a technique used in spiritual direction, on retreats and pastoral work, as a way of recognising and interpreting God’s presence in the highs and lows of your life experiences. This book offers creative ways to explore your own spiritual journey, helping you to trace your relationship with God from the beginning, whether looking at your entire life or exploring significant moments.

From cathedral choirs, football chanting, and birdsong, to castrati, protest songs and artificial intelligence, On Voice explores the world of the voice that exists between the mouth and the ear. This is a book about the sound that journeys from the lips to the heart; how we speak it, how we hear it and how we embody it as people made in the image of the God whose voice created the heavens and the earth.

How might the church nationally and locally better represent cultural diversity. Central to the book is the theme of gift exchange. All of life is celebrated as gift where we experience diversity, the other, hospitality and God as gifts. It explores the possibilities of intercultural gift exchange in the practices of generous giving, radical receptivity and transformative thanksgiving.

The Church’s mission task is more crucial than ever today. Jesus not only challenges us to go and do it, but he has modelled it for his followers then and now. At the end of John’s Gospel, his challenge is: “As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” Christians need to engage in mission as Jesus did: intimately related to the Father God, motivated by love, engaging with the world, seeking to save and heal people in need, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God

This booklet explores the notion of ‘desert’ experiences in spirituality and draws on the wisdom of biblical teachings and the writings of Christian mystics and thinkers, as well as personal experience. It aims to help readers appreciate the value of ‘desert’ experiences and how they can help to build Christian character.

Sadly many Christian leaders today fall into the trap of toxic leadership and management. This booklet by four experienced practioners of youth work explores the problem, how it can be avoided, identified, corrected and overcome.

This booklet by four practised experts in discipleship presents the case for developing children’s Christian faith in the home as well as in the church. It offers an introduction not only to the need but also the means, exploring three working ministries and providing an extensive list of resources for those who want the faith of the very young to grow.

Beginning a conversation with outsiders about faith can sometimes be derailed by abstract or cerebral language; theological terms can be so easily misunderstood or caricatured. What can help us find more common ground and starting points with those with whom we wish to share the good news? Noting the significance of images used in Scripture, this booklet explores the value and power of using picture language in conversations to enable hearers to understand and interact on a much deeper level.

Children feature prominently in the biblical narrative and in Christian teaching. Despite this, we often fail to take children seriously in theological terms.What is the meaning of children and childhood theologically? How does this inform the meaning of being an adult disciple? What does it teach us about God’s will for our lives?

The Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools’ Framework is based on the understanding of education and inspection in ‘a Christian manner.’ But what does that mean for governors? This book will help them reflect on how the concept can inform their approach to governance roles and responsibilities, providing helpful examples and applications. It aims to help governors think about their role and to enable them to serve their colleagues and schools in a 'Christian manner'.

The Church of England’s Common Worship baptism liturgy is rich and adaptable, but some people find it confusing and are not aware of all the options available.The new ‘Patterns for Baptism’ book clearly lays out all the available resources and options. This helpful guide takes us through the book, identifies the related pastoral issues, and explores some practical implications, so that baptism services can be seen as opportunities for welcome, engagement and renewal.

Science is making advances that are posing huge questions about what it means to be human, whether we should change ourselves, and how far we should 'play God'. These developments are only going to grow in significance. Playing God brings readers up to date with the latest developments but also draws out their moral and religious dimensions. In so doing, it shows how the future of science and religion is inextricably tied up with the future of humanity.

When 11-year-old Izzy’s parents take her gran on holiday, Izzy has to go and stay with her Aunty Elizabeth, and she isn’t very happy about it. She doesn’t want to spend the week with someone she doesn’t know – someone who had a big argument with her mum years before. But Gran has left Izzy some interesting notes about her new friend, Jesus, to help her through the week. Izzy finds Jesus begins to help her look at life differently, and she and her aunty start the journey of knowing him together…

Maggie has always tried to be her mother’s perfect companion. But isolated by her care, a weekly service at the local cathedral has become her sole escape one morning the diffident preacher’s words are infused with a transcendent life, both he and Maggie begin to discover in different ways a courage neither knew they had. As they each follow God’s gentle leading, they find Him intimately involved in their lives and prompting them to bring hope to others.

Live Deeply offers an enticing challenge to leave faith’s shallows behind and to launch out into deep waters with God. Accessible and reflective, it invites you to put down deep roots in Christ – to ‘remain’ in Him – and to allow your character and conduct to be shaped by His presence – to ‘continue’ in Him.

The authors draw on their personal stories, as well as on years of medical and pastoral experience. Their writing is full of sensitivity, empathy and wise understanding. Each chapter focuses on a different area or question, so you can find what you need with ease. The final chapter concludes with a clear message of hope. The book carries a full index, and a list of resources.

A practical and creative journal to equip you with concrete steps to put Scripture into practice and to don your own spiritual armour effectively! Explore how you can stand up against the battles of "the evil one", armed with the protective spiritual weaponry that God has provided. Use this workbook to journal, draw in, rip out and stick where you will see it every day.

Up and Alive: Living The Life We Are Made For Digs into the six chapters of Paul's letter to the Ephesians, Cathy and Mark Madavan recapture a vision of who we really are in Christ - defined, redeemed, called and empowered by God to live for his glory in hope, and unearthing plenty of wisdom and insight along the way to equip us to live out our faith and consistently stand firm in an increasingly secular society. Up and Alive is the official theme book for Spring Harvest 2024

Can I truly be a feminist and still go to church - not just in theory but in practice? Can I speak up in a religion that has a history of silencing women? And do I really need to ‘submit’ to my husband or ‘protect’ the guys in Church from lusting after my bodyIn Notes on Feminism, Lauren Windle draws upon her years as a journalist to weave together different voices on a topic that countless are wrestling with, but few are brave enough to probe and poke for fear of what we might find.

What might happen if what we know about queer lives, loves and relationships was taken as read, rather than treated as a matter of debate? From this starting point, how might we do and think things differently in Christian life, our theology, and in the Church as an institution? Following the apologetics approach of Queer Holiness, Queer Redemption looks to a future when the margins truly define the centre, where queerness is truly liberative for the whole church.