jenny mcintosh came to greenbelt from new zealand in 2005. following on from research by alan jamieson into why people were leaving churches, published as churchless faith, alan and jenny launched spirited exchanges in new zealand. the key finding of the research was that church leavers had given up on church but not necessarily faith so it was to help people on that journey, through publishing a newsletter and website, networking, facilitating a number of groups and trying to educate the churches.
well jenny is back and this time back and living in the uk. following her visit last time round a few of us got together to explore the same idea in the uk as we have exactly the same issue of people leaving church but still journeying in faith. it's been low key and a quiet thing but jenny's vision and arrival has pushed it up a gear and greenbelt is in some ways the launchpad for a new phase. jenny will have a stand in g-source so go and say hi. she is also running two discussion type groups in the cms blah venue - see previous post for times and there is a panel on monday evening at 7pm - it's actually the worst possible time for a slot as there will be no chance to follow up in conversations later in the weekend, and half the festival seem to leave but never mind! if you are around come along.
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