Across our Baptist Together family there are an increasing number of rapidly growing churches. The Firestarters Network exists to share the stories and simple lessons from these churches to help other churches grow.
What is Firestarters Network?
At the Firestarters Network we are passionate about helping churches grow. For the last five years we have done this primarily by hosting Firestarter Conversations – intentionally small, two day forums where leadership teams gather to listen to the stories of growing Baptist churches, to learn the lessons of how God is at work, and to commit together to action.
Firestarters Network is working to increase our ability to support growth in Baptist churches across the UK by offering a books, a podcast and an exploration of learning communities for those working in scattered or non-traditional church expressions.
Firestarters is part funded by our national body, working in partnership with associations, to have a tangible gospel impact on our local churches.
You can find out more about Firestarter events and resources at these links.
To find out more about the Firestarters Coaching Huddles coming in 2025 go here.
Scattered Not Small: Empowering ordinary churches to become disciple-making communities
Scattered Not Small provides a practical and realistic roadmap for transitioning your church from a traditional model to a more scattered, decentralised model. Drawing from their extensive experience and the stories of real churches on this journey, Chrissy Remsberg and Alex Harris offer valuable insights and actionable steps to help you navigate this as a church. This book doesn’t sugarcoat the challenges, but does offer inspiration and practical ways forward. Through real-life examples and honest discussions, you’ll learn how to overcome obstacles, embrace change, and ultimately enhance your church’s ability to reach new people and disciple existing ones more effectively.
Scattered Not Small is a must-read for pastors, church leaders, and anyone passionate about the future of the church. With its easy-to-read format and accessible style, this book is a valuable resource for churches of all sizes and backgrounds; and for those pioneering a new scattered model from scratch. It is particularly designed for leadership teams to read and discuss together.
Scattered Not Small follows on from “On This Rock,” helping ordinary churches learn from each other in how to reimagine the way they organise to see more people reached for Jesus and more disciples formed.
This brand new book from Firestarters Network is now available for £5 from our online store.
Who are the Firestarters Churches?
The ‘growing churches’ that are working together to host the Firestarter community are real churches made up of real people in very real and diverse situations – and yet the growth in new followers of Jesus and baptisms is unusual. Few, count as a ‘large’ church. But God is reaching unexpected amounts of people through them.
Firestarters is about growing churches helping grow churches, together.
Is Firestarters for you?
The Firestarters Conversations and resources have been created with a wide variety of people and churches in mind. To find out more about who might find these events or materials most helpful click one of the links below.
Firestarters is partly funded by Baptists Together as part of their central vision to see “Growing healthy churches in relationship for God’s mission.” Whilst most of the churches that attend are Baptist Churches we do welcome church leaders from all denominations.