The Porterbrook Network

The Porterbrook Institute provides training for church leadership with a strong missional edge. It's the sister of the acclaimed Porterbrook Learning programme and forms a natural next step for those who have completed Porterbrook Learning. The programme Director is GCM co-founder, Tim Chester. We currently run two diploma courses: Diploma in Church Leadership Diploma in Church ...Continue

Here's the latest in our series on the GCM distinctives: 6. Discipleship, shepherding and leadership development happen primarily in community on mission  The Christian community is the God-given context for pastoral care and leadership development. In the Christian community the gospel not only informs the head, but also transforms the heart. The gospel is not only learnt, but also ...Continue

A review of Tim Keller, The Reason for God DVD and Workbook, Zondervan, 2010.   The DVD is available here from amazon.com. The accompanying workbook is available here from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. The DVD is not yet available from amazon.co.uk though when it is, it should be available here. Tim Keller’s The Reason for God is a great introduction to the Christian faith that ...Continue

A review of Becoming a Contagious Christian course with DVD, CD, workbook and leader's guide by Mark Mittelberg, Lee Strobel and Bill Hybels, Zondervan, 2007. Available here from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. The Becoming a Contagious Christian course is an updated version of a previous course based on the book Becoming a Contagious Christian by Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg. The core of ...Continue

A review of Neil Cole, Organic Leadership: Leading Naturally Right Where You Are, Baker, 2009 . Neil Cole is the author of Organic Church and, as the title suggests, in Organic Leadership he takes the approach of Organic Church and applies to leadership and training. Cole begins by suggesting that many leaders who sincerely desires gospel fruit in fact impede growth because what they do ...Continue