Five years on
Subtitle: continuing faith journeys of those who left the church
By: Alan Jamieson, Jenny McIntosh, Adrienne Thompson
Contributors: McIntosh, Jenny; Thompson, Adrienne
Publisher: The Portland Research Trust
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Wellington, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780473109806
Subjects: Faith development; Ex-church members; Church work with ex-church members; Foi; Développement
Description: Five Years on continues the work begun in A Churchless Faith by returning to the same group of church leavers five years after first interviewing them. The findings show how their personal faith and connection with &#x2018;church&#x2019; has changed over a five year period. To these accounts are added insights from six years of running Spirited Exchanges groups for church leavers and those struggling with &#x2018;church&#x2019; focused expressions of the Christian faith. The findings may shock.
Notes: On cover: The follow on from A churchless faith.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-136).
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Introducing the research. 1. A churchless faith : the first study. 2. Five years on : the second study; title: Pt. 2. Our study's findings. 3. The leavers describe their own faith. 4. The Bible, human nature, evangelism and mission. 5. Prayer and personal faith experiences. 6. Image of mature faith and personal growth. Church and leadership. 8. The role of faith groups. 9. Conclusions for the study; title: Pt. 3. Responding to church leavers. 10. The development of spirited exchanges. Spirited exchanges perspective / Jenny McIntosh. 12. How can a spiritual director help? / Adrienne Thompson. 13. A pastor's perspective / Alan Jamieson.