Tim Soerens is the co-founding director of the Parish Collective, a growing network and global movement of Christians reimagining what it means to be the Church in, with, and for the neighborhood.
His latest book is called “Everywhere You Look: Discovering the Church, Right Where You Are”. His co-authored first book “The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches Transform Mission, Discipleship, and Community (Intervarsity Press, 2014) won multiple awards, including Christianity Today’s award of merit.
He lives in Seattle, and he and his wife are helping to start South Park Neighborhood Church and are co-founding owners of Resistencia Coffee, a neighborhood coffee shop, as well as the South Park Idea Lab.
Tim was such a delight to speak to and he breathed so much fresh life and energy into this conversation about the church, the neighbourhood and the things God is doing all around us.
Also Tim recommended the work of Willie James Jennings. You can check him and his books out here: https://divinity.yale.edu/faculty-and-research/yds-faculty/willie-james-jennings
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