1. “ Who do you think you are?” Welcome to St Pauls Summer School 2013

2. St Pauls Summer School Session 5 July 17 th Changing Century Changing Future! 1950 onwards

3. 1. The Landscape of our Times

4. (a) Post- Modernism

5. God centred world view to a man centred world view Collective perspective to an individual perspective Collective responsibility to personal autonomy A big story to a series of side shows

6. Public truth and morality to privatised morality Certainty to doubt

7. ( b) The Age of Aquarius – New Age Spirituality

9. “I have no compass and I have no map And I have no reason, to reason to get back And I have no religion and I don’t know what’s what And I don’t know the limit- the limit of what I’ve got”

10. Three Common Threads! Common History Common Theology Common Philosophy

12. 2.The Challenges of our Times Post Modernism Existentialism Secularization Pluralism The Gay Issue Liberalism Aggressive Rationalism Consumerism Materialism Hedonism

13. 3 Internal Stresses of the Modern Church

14. (a) The decline in church attendance By 2030 there will be one third less Anglicans than there are now

15. (b) Fragmentation and Consumerism

16. (c) Ageing Demographics In 1980 the average age of Anglicans was 36. Now it is 61 !

17. (d) Loss of Children and Young People For every 100 children in the churches in 1930 there are now less than 9

18. (e) Breakdown of the Parish Model

19. (f) Neighbourhood to Network Churches

20. 4. New Developments and Changes (a) Church Growth

21. (b) Global Expansion of Christianity

22. (c) Charismatic Movement

23. (d) Process Evangelism

24. (e) Catholic Renewal and a new Ecumenism

25. (f) Festival Faith

26. (g) Resource Diversity and Specialist Ministries

27. (h) Digital Communication and the Media

28. (i) Contemplative and Community Life

29. (j) Music, Art, Colour........

30. (k) Women in Leadership

31. (l) Multiple Translations of the Bible

32. 5. Fresh Expressions

33. 6. What of the future? – A Baker’s dozen! 1. Eventful worship 2. Accessible language and liturgy 3. Young people and all-age worship 4. A culture of welcome 5. Clear biblical teaching 6. Commitment to prayer 7. Shared leadership and ministry

34. 8. Small groups 9. Process evangelism 10. Social and community involvement 11. Concern for the wider church 12. Multi-congregational models 13. VISION!

35. “I will build my church and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.” Jesus

37. Questions 1.What have been the key elements for you in the story of the church? 2. What lessons from our past to we need to learn for the future? 3. What are the key challenges for the Church today? 4. Why not turn these issues into prayer as we finish!