Messy Church

Messy Church logo
Messy Church logo

Messy Church is "a way of being church for families". Its slogan is "Church, but not as you know it".

History

Messy Church began as a fresh expression of church in 2004 in the parish of Cowplain, near Portsmouth, England, and as of February 2019 there were more than 2,800 Messy Churches registered in England.

By 2015, Messy Church had spread from the UK to other European countries and to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USA, and South America, and by 2023 Messy Church was reportedly taking place in over 30 countries. It is supported and resourced by the Bible Reading Fellowship.

References

  1. ↑ "What is Messy Church?". Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Messy Church Maturity" in "Playfully Serious: How Messy Churches create new space for faith". Church Army Research Unit. January 2019.
  3. ↑ Field, Clive D. (February 2019). "Counting Religion in Britain". British Religion in Numbers.
  4. ↑ Davis, Madeleine (30 August 2019). "Grant offers a tidy sum for Messy Church study". Church Times. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Aspland, Amanda Dawn (2016). Unless you become like a child: Psychological type and Christian becoming at Messy Church (PhD). University of Leeds. p. 9, footnote 7.
  6. ↑ "Messy Church Around the World". Messy Church. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. ↑ Casson, Ann; Pittaway, Ann; Watts, Tansy; and Bowie, Bob, Spiritual flourishing in the words of the child: A Faith in the Nexus study 2023, footnote 9, page 16, Canterbury Christ Church University, published in 2023, accessed on 19 November 2026
  8. ↑ "Meet The Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF)". Messy Church. Retrieved 7 February 2021.