Christians across western culture are facing profound challenges and fresh opportunities. The long era of ‘Christendom’ is coming to an end. We now live in a plural society, with multiple religious options alongside the prevailing secular assumptions, in which Christianity has lost its position of dominance and privilege and churches are on the margins of society. Although we seem to be declining in numbers and influence, this context offers many new possibilities – if we have the courage and imagination to grasp them..

Crucible is a training programme for Christians with courage and imagination, who suspect:

* We live in a mission context and need to think like missionaries.
* We need to think creatively about church in diverse and changing cultures.
* We serve the God who constantly does new things on the margins.

- on the margins of society among the poor and disenfranchised
- at the margins of culture, where creative thinking explores new possibilities
- within the margins of the familiar, those spaces all around us neglected or ignored but full of potential

What is a Crucible?

* A melting pot, where old structures are made pliable and reshaped for more effective purposes.
* A place in which different cultures or styles can mix together to produce something new and exciting.
* A time characterised by the convergence of powerful intellectual, social, economic or political forces.

For full details see www.cruciblecourse.org.uk