A Church That Cares A Biblical Guide to Loving One Another Well PB
By: Helen Thorne-Allenson| Product Details | |
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| Publisher | Good Book Company |
| Year | 2026 |
| ISBN | 9781802544015 |
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.
Contents
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Introduction
Part One: Principles of Caring Well
1. Why Caring Matters
2. What Genuine Care Looks Like
3. Why Caring Well Is HardPart Two: Practicalities of Caring Well
4. Dependence: Starting with Prayer
5. Community: The Requirement for Relationship
6. Attentiveness: How to Listen Well
7. Difference: Gifts and the Body
8. Example: Growth through Role-Modelling
9. Intentionality: It Takes a Church
10. Testimony: Sharing What God Has Done
11. Clarity: Setting a Vision
12. Opportunity: Caring for the Church in Preaching and Teaching
13. Wisdom: Establishing Safe Structures and Processes
14. Training: Developing Gifts
Conclusion: How Might This Look?
Helen Thorne–Allenson
Helen Thorne-Allenson is Director of Training and Resources at Biblical Counselling UK. She formerly worked with the London City Mission and has written Hope in an Anxious World, Purity Is Possible, Walking with Domestic Abuse Sufferers and 5 Things to Pray for Your City. She is married to Nick, lives in Hampshire, UK and very much enjoys Korean food.
