There is now extensive experience of collaborative ministry (where the
minister works with a team of ministers and lay people) and this book
reflects the energy and hope which come from this experience. It looks
at how ministers are trained to work collaboratively, how congregations
learn this new attitude, how it relates to a mission-shaped church and
the leadership and new patterns of community which go with it. Dan Hardy
reflects at the end, putting all the experience into the context of the
future of the church.