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If you need practical help for Christian ministry, or fresh ideas to make you sit up and think, here are resources not to miss.

  

This page gives access to articles and training notes, written by John Truscott and freely available to you.  Also to his new Church Health Review, and to the Christian Effectiveness Model designed for Christian mission agencies. 

  

Bookmark the site and return to this page to check out the growing collection.  Or, better, click here to receive occasional e-letters which inform you of new resources as they are added to the site.

  

MAJOR NEW ADDITION: August 2008.  See EM5 and EM6, The Christian Effectiveness Model, on the Effectiveness Models page .  This has now been released with its complete set of 48 questions and 240 sample tests.

   

The Church Health Review (EM4 & EM5) has also just been revised.  The Review and the Model are compared and contrasted in EM1.

 

To see a complete listing of all items, which you can print out and keep, click here.

   

John welcomes feedback and amends items in the light of comments received. Please email any suggestions you may have on existing items or ideas for future topics by clicking here.

  

Each item is copyright © John Truscott but you may download the file and/or print up to 30 copies and use them for non-commercial purposes within your church or organisation.  If you use multiple copies, please e-mail John to let him know brief details so that he can monitor use.  If you want to make more than 30 copies, or wish to use the item beyond your own church/organisation, John reserves the right to make a charge.  Please contact him first in this case.

  

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Click on a category below, or on the navigations on the circle or at the foot of each page, to see the items available. 

Articles (A1-19)

These are general items of 3,000 to 8,000 words, covering a wide range of topics.

Effectiveness models (EM1-7)

The Church Health Review is a major new resource (October 2007 updated July 2008) to help any church assess itself.  The Christian Effectiveness Model is a detailed tool to enable meaningful assessment of any Christian mission agency.  This has just been published (August 2008) on the web.  Full sets of questions and tests are given for both.

Training Notes (TN1-42)

These are shorter, practical items, sometimes in list or note form, covering a wide range of topics.  Many of these support training events that John runs.

 

   

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