A Church That Cares

Practical and realistic insights, strategies and stories focused on contributing to a caring church culture.

You believe in the love of Christ, but does love for one another shape your church’s current culture or the culture your church hopes to build?

Coming alongside you as a fellow church member and a biblical counsellor, Helen Thorne-Allenson offers practical, realistic insight into contributing to a church culture of care.

You’ll consider...

Stories of care and of care needs that you recognise or relate to Why care matters, what it looks like and why it’s difficult How to encourage others to get involved and share the load 11 building blocks for you and your church Reflection questions at the end of each chapter will help you practise the principles shared.

However far along your church is in cultivating a caring community, you’ll find clarifying questions, fresh ideas and biblical wisdom in A Church that Cares.

1. Opening Credits
2. Introduction
3. SECTION 1: Principles of Caring Well | Chapter 1: Call: Why Caring Matters
4. Chapter 2: Culture: What Care Looks Like
5. Chapter 3: Struggle: Why It Can Be Hard to Care Well
6. SECTION 2: Practicalities of Caring Well | Chapter 4: Dependency: Growing Through Prayer
7. Chapter 5: Community: Growing Through Relationships
8. Chapter 6: Attentiveness: Growing Through Listening
9. Chapter 7: Growing Through Vision-Setting
10. Chapter 8: Diversity: Growing Through Using Differing Gifts
11. Chapter 9: Opportunity: Growing Through Preaching and Teaching
12. Chapter 10: Example: Growing Through Role-Modelling
13. Chapter 11: Wisdom: Growing Through Safe Structures and Processes
14. Chapter 12: Intentionality: Growing Through Inviting Others to Take Part
15. Chapter 13: Training: Growing Through Specific Development of Gifts
16. Chapter 14: Testimony: Growing by Sharing What the Lord Has Done
17. Conclusion: Continuing to Grow
18. Closing Credits