Kingdom Communities Book

Published in 2018 in Australia and North America.

Uplift Centre’s Director Dean Phelan co-wrote the book Kingdom Communities – Shining the light of Christ through Faith, Hope and Love with Andrew Menzies. With a foreword by Alan J Roxburgh, the book published by Morning Star publishing and Acorn Press in 2018.

About the Authors
Dr Andrew Menzies is Principal at Stirling College - University of Divinity, and Deputy Chancellor of the University of Divinity. Prior to this he was Senior Pastor at Camberwell Baptist and has also had pastoral, denominational and lecturing positions in Adelaide, Melbourne and in Salatiga, Java. He has served as Deputy Chancellor since 2012 as well as on a number of other Not for Profit Boards. Andrew has degrees from Victoria University, Australian College of Theology, Charles Sturt University - St Marks National Theological Centre and Fuller Theological Seminary.

Dean Phelan is an Organisational & Social Psychologist, Consultant and Spiritual Director who has recently finished as Chief Executive Officer of Churches of Christ in Queensland, a $260 Million per annum, Not for Profit organisation that oversees the integrated services of children, family, housing, aged care, churches and many other kingdom communities.

What leaders are saying about this book:

“Read this book and I guarantee you’ll be deeply encouraged even before you finish the introduction! God is doing something new, breathing fresh life into his people, sending them out as Kingdom Communities, embedded in neighbourhoods right across the country. And Andrew and Dean have got their finger on the pulse. Their book is not only full of stories from around Australia, it provides both the theological frame and the practical steps for launching a movement of Kingdom Communities wherever God has placed you.”
– Rev Dr Mike Frost

“I love this book!” – Alan J Roxburgh

“Invite a theological college principal and a denominational executive to write about the future hope of the church and what do you get? Not what you might expect. Andrew and Dean offer thoughtful social analysis, inspiring case studies and grassroots leadership principles for re-focusing the work of the church where it belongs: loving and serving local neigbourhoods. With hopeful implications for congregational transformation, denominational resourcing, theological education and especially the mission of the whole people of God, Kingdom Communities is essential reading for anyone concerned about the complacency and decline of the church as we know it.”
– Rev Professor Darren Cronshaw