Over the past two years, what started as an exploratory conversation between three clergy from different dioceses about what is the dynamic of a healthy church, has evolved into a passionate belief that intentional “fellowship” or koinonia is vital, if churches are to fulfil their calling to be the body of Christ in a broken and desperate world. Relational Church understands that there is a serious health imbalance in our church life today, between Worship, Mission and Fellowship. We have a terrifying relationship deficit, which is injuring us, the church, and is one cause of the decline of influence of the church in the UK. Relational Church Is the journey to deepen our relationship with each other as the Communion of the body of Christ so that the world can flourish. Relational Church understands Fellowship to mean a deep intentional relationship, based on loving, with the love of Jesus. Churches need to model loving and life affirming relationships. Since those first tentative discussions, around thirty theologians and church leaders have participated in online small group relational conversations. Momentum has been building up that it is time for a renewed and intentional focus on building a relational church. The project is concerned primarily with “fellowship”. This is a crucial area of Christian life, which is often neglected in practice. We find it all too easy to focus on worship as an activity, or on mission as a series of initiatives, while we neglect the relationships that hold us together as a worshipping and missional community. The aim of this book is to refocus our attention as Anglicans on the importance of fellowship as a foundational principle which underpins our shared mission and corporate worship. We hope to be a catalyst for more conversations and to learn from each other… Making Relational Church Possible – Simon Barrow - A Rebuilt Relational Culture – Malcom Grundy - Agenda for a Relational People of God – Peter Price - Collectives are our Future – Alison Webster - To what are we called, and how shall we respond? – Leslie J. Francis - Effective Signs of Grace? – John Cole - Relationality in the Parish: The Need for Roots – Alison Millbank - A Healthy Church is a Flourishing Church – Paul Davies - An Essay on Church Growth – Robert Van de Weyer - Community Organising and Ministerial Training – Andrew Griffiths - A Relational Church and Social Action Partnerships – David McCoulough - Episcopally Led? – Tim Norwood - A Church Community of Disciples – Paul Davies - Truth is Relational – Callan Slipper - Organised Church – Keith Hebden - Loving our Neighbours in ‘The Street’ – Anne Richards