Growth happens when a church deepens its roots into the love of God and grows outward in love for its community.
It’s when we become fully alive in Jesus Christ and all that he wants the church to be.
A ‘growth plan’ is simply a plan of action saying what your church, circuit or new Christian community will do in the next 12 months to grow spiritually, missionally and, by God’s grace, numerically too.
Our Church's Future Story
A booklet and card pack explaining what a growth plan is, and how to go about creating it together. It includes card-based activities.

To help you develop your growth plan, the growth-planning cycle offers a simple structure for deep listening, dreaming about the change you long to see, choosing areas to focus on, and then taking action. Click on each arrow to find out more.
Event: An intro to Our Church's Future Story
A whistlestop tour through the resource to help you think about how you might use it where you are.

Event: Wholehearted monthly
Get support and network with others looking to grow their churches. Content is tailored to the needs of churches in different contexts.

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Find help available near you
Find your local district officer with responsibility for growth planning, as well as your aligned Learning Network officer
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Buildings and heritage
If you have a building, you will need to review, as part of growth planning, the challenges and opportunities the building presents.
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Children, youth and families
Some ideas for engaging with children, young people and their families through each of the Methodist Way of Life practices.
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Prayer
The choices that churches struggle with are generally not between good and bad options, but between two or more good things.
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A Methodist Way of Life
There are endless possibilities for growth activities through the 12 practices of A Methodist Way of Life.
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Evangelism
The simplest way to get started might be to choose a local festival and plan some simple evangelism as a one-off.
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Justice-Seeking Church
Find out what it means for you to be a justice-seeking church where you are.
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Net zero
Working toward net zero is both a spiritual and missional practice.
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New Places for New People and Church at the Margins
It may be that your planned growth activities centre on beginning something new – and if so, that's fantastic.
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