NECN: The National Estate Churches Network
Charity Registered in England & Wales, No 1104767
Registered Office: Bishop’s House, Orsett Road, Horndon-on-the Hill, Essex, SS17, 8NS
www.nationalestatechurches.org
NECN holds conferences exploring estate ministry. See more about our conferences here.
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The most useful theology is done by reflective practitioners. In reflecting on many
years of pastoral and missional experience Joe Hasler gives a great gift to the Church.
His thoughtful and helpful critiques point to a genuinely holistic mission agenda.
He quotes: ‘the gospel cannot be shared in a sociological vacuum,’ and responds with
some sharp analysis of the life of the church as it is and the vision of the Kingdom
of God. He manages to do this in a way that empowers and doesn't deskill or depress
us. I hope this book is widely read, and generates more reflection and praxis as
a result.
Paul Bayes National Mission and Evangelism Adviser for the Archbishops' Council of
the Church of England.
Joe speaks powerfully of the challenges of being church in white working class council-built
housing estates. He warns against regarding the suburban church with its professional-managerial
culture as normative for the whole church seeking to express itself in new ways.
In mapping different contextual theologies, he arrives at a model which takes seriously
the complex interaction between gospel and culture. Joe offers a voice from the edge,
raising questions for anyone concerned with the role of the local church in bringing
about God's Kingdom. A thought-provoking read for anyone who takes context seriously
in theological reflection and practice.'
Helen Cammeron co-editor: Studying Local Churches. SCM 2005