Together in Mission exists to work with the denominations, networks and local churches to encourage the planting of missional communities.

In fulfilling this purpose, we focus on:

• Church planting
• Transitioning local congregations and denominations towards mission
• Leadership development
• Encouraging the emerging church

	Partnerships and conversations are important as we try and understand together how God is shaping us into a church which can be more effective in mission. Our national director  Martin Robinson has written several books on mission in the western context. He and others reflect on the conversation in  Cafe Vista.  Mission 21 Conference - Sharing the struggle and celebrating the success of church planting: Together In Mission is a sponsor of the Planting Life! conference in Novemember of this year. We hope to discover, discuss and discern what is happening amongst church planting practitioners. For more information or to book your place, visit www.mission21.info
	We offer the following leadership training courses:The Missional Leadership Course provides practical, affordable and flexible training for all church leaders.The Bachelor of Theology is devised to allow students to study while ministering from placement churches.
	As churches become increasingly mission focused  we commit to walk with them, helping with research and consultancy.Partnership for Missional Church: This process has been developed to enable congregations to place mission at the heart of church life. It is now ready to pilot, so please click here for more information, and contact us for a conversation.Stories and Reflections is a new page to hear about some experiments in mission. Our first theme is Changing the Conversation, creative ways to get round the “stuckness” of post-Christendom, challenging a few assumptions in the process. Of course, the first set of assumptions are our own…

Other News:

TiM Council at Lambeth was our last major gathering, on the 3rd December. Bishop Graham Cray was our host at this event, which provided an opportunity for council to hear Bishop Graham’s early reflections on Fresh Expressions, as he anticipates his lead role in May 2009. Some of his thoughts are reported here, in Cafe Vista.