Mission Course Given Training Status

A course which helps Christians to explore mission on the margins of church life has received a new recognition

The Crucible Course modules have been validated as roughly half the training needed for Baptists wanting to be recognised as 'lay pioneers' with the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB).

The course was first developed by Andrew Grinnell, Juliet Kilpin and Stuart Murray Williams.

Now in its eighth year and having trained over 300 people, it is hosted by Urban Expression in partnership with the Incarnate Network, BUGB's church planting arm, the Northumbria Community, Workshop, the 614 initiative of The Salvation Army and BMS World Mission.

It is a training programme for Christians with 'courage and imagination, who suspect we live in a mission context and need to think like missionaries; we need to think creatively about church in diverse and changing cultures; and we serve the God who constantly does new things on the margins'.
It offers six topics presented in two streams over six intensive weekends.

Although the course has an urban flavour, for the first time next year it will offer a rural module.

Visit the Crucible course website for more info.

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