ABSTRACT
Having reviewed the impact of social change, Mission-shaped Church argues that the Church of England’s mission focus must shift from location to modes of being; a complex nexus of social relations that includes place but also embraces networks and lifestyle. Central to the theological justification for this shift in emphasis are two fundamental presuppositions: first, the priority of mission in determining both the structure and strategy of churches and, second, that mission should engage positively with cultural context. These presuppositions are points of unity across the entire fresh expressions debate.
