FINDING OUR VOICE

Searching for Renewal in the Mainline Church

Written by: Neil Glover

Published by: Saint Andrew Press 

Price: £19.99

As the Church of Scotland grapples with the challenges of a rapidly accelerating pace of social change and finds its place in the first half of the 21st century, minister the Rev Neil Glover offers his perspective on the changing Church – and the need to rediscover its roots within a new landscape.

The premise of the book is perhaps best summarised by the author in an introduction: ‘This book is about how we might come to understand and come to repair this deeper malaise: that in the last few decades we in the Church of Scotland, alongside the wider family of mainline Protestant churches, have lost much of our confidence, our vocation and, if we are honest, something of our faith. Renewal does not necessarily mean a recover of our numbers, but it does mean recovering those three things: confidence, vocation and faith.’

The book offers a fresh challenge to those interested in the future of the Church of Scotland.

Warm endorsement has come from, among others, the Rev Professor Dr Doug Gay, who has described it as ‘a brave, inspirational and highly readable pastoral letter to mainstream denominations struggling with challenges of secularisation and decline.’