Drawing on the discipline of adult education and his own research into the way people learn, David Heywood explains how churches can become learning communities in which people grow as disciples and find their place in a collaborative pattern of ministry.

David Heywood

Kingdom Learning

Acknowledgements

‘Setting God’s People Free’

Introduction:Learning for Discipleship and Ministry

1Adult Learning in God’s Kingdom

2Learning to Connect Life and Faith

3Leading the Learning Community

4Learning for Ministry Together

Index of Names and Subjects

For over a generation there has been a widely held sense in the Church that training for ministry is too academic. Complaints that ministerial training fails adequately to equip men and women for the realities of ministry are commonplace, not only in informal conversation but in official publications. This book finds an alternative: it demonstrates why the captivity of Christian theology and education to the dictates of the universities is so damaging; it explains the alternative experiential and reflective approach to learning; and it demonstrates that this approach has a theological claim to be seen as the paradigmatic approach to Christian learning. It envisages a methodology of education and formation that will equip all in the local church for Christian discipleship.

Kingdom Learning is a significant and lively resource for learning and teaching in the local church and in preparation for all kinds of ministry and mission. David Heywood is one of the Church of England's most distinctive and engaging writers on Christian formation. I warmly commend his new book. -- The Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft

Revd Dr David Heywood is Director of Pastoral Studies and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He is the author of Reimagining Ministry (SCM, 2011) and Transforming Preaching (SPCK, 2013). His PhD is in theology and Christian Education.

• An inclusive, multi-dimensional approach to Christian learning and formation that is relevant for the local church as well as theological training courses and institutions • Proposes a more fluid, adaptable and imaginative alternative to the dominance of the one-size-fits-all academic model of theological training • Envisages a methodology of education and formation that will equip all in the local church for Christian discipleship.

For generations most churchgoers have been encouraged to see the responsibility for the life and mission of the church in the hands of the trained clergy. A church embracing God's call to mission requires these same worshippers to see themselves as 'missionary disciples' with a vital part to play in the church's ministry. How is a change of this magnitude to be accomplished? Drawing on the discipline of adult education and his own research into the way people learn, David Heywood explains how churches can become learning communities in which people grow as disciples and find their place in a collaborative pattern of ministry. He challenges the prevailing approach to ministerial training as overly theoretical and individualistic, and points towards a model of training based around shared reflection on practice. Contents: Introduction: Learning for Discipleship and Ministry 1. Adult Learning in God's Kingdom 2. Learning to Connect Life and Faith 3. Leading the Learning Community 4. Learning for Ministry Together

Kingdom Learning is a significant and lively resource for learning and teaching in the local church and in preparation for all kinds of ministry and mission. David Heywood is one of the Church of England's most distinctive and engaging writers on Christian formation. I warmly commend his new book.

This timely and carefully prepared book makes a major contribution to the practice of discipleship and ministry by all God's people. We have forgotten the value and importance of the corporate and communal approach to mission and ministry. By placing theological reflection at the heart of a renewed approach to adult education for lay and ordained alike, David Heywood explores how this technique can enable and equip people for whole life mission and ministry. Treading a careful path between theory and a how-to guide, this book addresses an urgent need for a fundamental re-evaluation of the approach that we all take to participation in discipleship, ministry and mission.

Kingdom Learning provides a fresh and challenging assessment of how, as Christian disciples, we approach the important subject of our own learning and development. David Heywood offers a model of reflective learning lived out in the life of the local church and encourages us to engage with this in our own lives as disciples, ministers and servants of the gospel. It is practical, insightful and encouraging and is appropriate for anyone who wishes to renew their own faith and ministry.

This book should be read by anyone involved in ministerial and Christian education throughout the domain of the church.

Introduction: Learning for Discipleship and Ministry 1. Adult Learning in God's Kingdom 2. Learning to Connect Life and Faith 3. Leading the Learning Community 4. Learning for Ministry Together

Kingdom Learning explores experiential and reflective methods for Christian formation and discipleship, challenging traditional academic approaches. Ideal for church leaders and educators.

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Kingdom Learning offers a fresh approach to Christian formation and discipleship through experiential and reflective methods.

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Drawing on the discipline of adult education and his own research into the way people learn, David Heywood explains how churches can become learning communities in which people grow as disciples and find their place in a collaborative pattern of ministry.

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