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the post-BCC Community
http://brookwoodcommunitychurch.org.uk/community.htm
So how does it work for us? With no formal services, no leadership how do we survive and even thrive as Christians? Good questions, and ones that we've asked ourselves. Firstly each person takes responsibility for their own relationship with God. It can be easy to get to rely on someone 'up front', but we have found that once that is gone your personal relationship with Jesus is shown for what it is. And if you care about that you will attend to it yourself. Internet forum that we created for the purpose.
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Welcome to the post-BCC Community
http://brookwoodcommunitychurch.org.uk/index.htm
Welcome to BCC, or to what used to be BCC! Brookwood Community Church ran as a recognisable free church from September 2001 until December 2008. So although our belief and commitment to church is strong, it is more to the Body of Christ that is His worldwide church on earth. As we no longer tick all the boxes that most people recognise as 'a church', so we find it more helpful not to present ourselves as one. These pages should go some way to explain what we are about and how we got here.
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The Shared Beliefs of BCC
http://brookwoodcommunitychurch.org.uk/belief.htm
It's worth noting that although so much has changed for our community the statement of belief that we drafted in 2001 still stands. So although the expression of our faith is quite different, the underpinning belief has not changed. So we haven't 'gone off the rails' for anyone who was wondering! The Mission, the Bible and our God. The mission of the Church is to help people become committed followers of Jesus Christ. The Need and the Solution. We believe that the salvation of humanity is wholly a work o...
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The Gracebook Net - Keeping us connected
http://brookwoodcommunitychurch.org.uk/gracebook.htm
When we stopped holding services we recognised that we would need something to help us stay connected, to have somewhere for the conversations to continue when we were no longer in each other's presence. See a sample topic from 'The Burning Question' forum. See a sample topic from the 'Be encouraged! What else goes on behind the sign-in screen? Or 'General Notices' to the spiritual, 'Open Devotional' or 'Theology Corner'. In between there is a forums for book review 'What's everyone reading? One for 'Fam...
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The Children of BCC
http://brookwoodcommunitychurch.org.uk/children.htm
A question that caused some anxiety when we stopped meeting together formally was: What will happen to the children? This meet very successfully for two and a half years until the time when it had run its course and kids moving on resulted in the numbers becoming impractical. Until that time we had met weekly during term-time at a local hall (a facility we used courtesy of our friends from a local Anglican church. To cover any other ad hoc events we might hold in the future.
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the Background of BCC
http://brookwoodcommunitychurch.org.uk/background.htm
Where BCC came to find itself was not by the execution of some master plan (not a human one anyway). So here is a little history by way of background. In 2001 a small group of friends found that the derelict Chapel on the site of the old Brookwood Hospital was coming up in their thoughts, prayers and conversations. These friends were at that time part of New Life Church. In 2002 we invited Kerry Southey. A change of accent. Visitors since 29th August 2001:.
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Links that the post-BCC Community like
http://brookwoodcommunitychurch.org.uk/links.htm
The ministry site of Martin and Jill Day who still work part-time and unpaid for this community. Modern parables, songs, movies and scripts created by Martin Day from this community. Wayne Jacobsen's site and rich with top Podcasts. Wayne has been an encouragement to us as we transitioned from a conventional structured church to . what we are now. GMI) in Atlanta - Good friends who introduced us to the Exchanged Life aspect of the the Gospel. An excellent bible translation site.
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Day2Day Conversations - Useful Links
http://www.day2dayconversations.org/connecting.htm
Jill and Martin Day. Day2Day Conversations is the ministry of Jill and Martin Day. And for more from Martin see. Creative and resources website. Martin's book ' The Animal Parables. As Paperback or Kindle available from. Martin and Jill are part of the BCC Christian community, a network of friends connected simply by relationship and shared faith. You can find out more about our journey together at BrookwoodCommunityChurch.org.uk. Gives more information about their work. Sharp To The Flat'. Teaching seri...
