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Playfully Serious

Messy Church research – a deeper study of the effects of Messy Church

Findings Booklet

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Portfolio of Research Papers

Papers and reports can be downloaded by clicking on the relevant blocks below.

How did we define discipleship?

Paper: Disciplehip Definitions

What did the leaders tell us?

Report: Managing the Mess

What did attenders tell us?

Report: What Goes on Inside

What did the statistics tell us?

Report: Painting with Numbers

What happened to those who left?

Short report: Messy Leavers

Life after a messy church has stopped

Report: Messy Lifespan

Who conducted this research?

Strand leaders

How did we approach this research?

Methodology

What did the literature tell us about evolving phenomenon?

Paper: Messy Church Maturity

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