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Moot Missioner & Associate Mission for Fresh Expressions
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writing surfing arts films eating out

Background on Ian Mobsby

I have been involved in alternative forms of church associated with anglicanism and contextual mission for over 16 years beginning with the dance and rave culture In England in the late 1980s and early 1990s. I have completed research on Anglican Emerging church projects, and has written two books:

“Emerging & Fresh Expressions of Church” in 2007

“The Becoming of G-d” published in Junel 2008

I was one of the founders of the Moot Community in Westminster London, and is the Ordained Priest Missioner to this innovative Community. This community utilises a new monastic basis to its identity with a rhythm of life (aiming to be Christian in the context of urban and postmodern context) exploring creative ways of understanding alternative worship, contextual mission and a postmodern community. The community utilises art-as-mission and radical hospitality activities as forms of affirming contextual mission. I am also an Associate Missioner of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Fresh Expressions Team and an Associate Lecturer at a number of training colleges for training Missional Ordained Pioneer Church of England Ministers. I am also an Assistant Editor of the UK based Emerging Church internet site and assists Karen Ward in the now growing Anglimergent site which aims to promote Emerging Churches working in the context of the Anglican tradition. Ian also has his own blog and contributes to the Moot community blog. If you are interested in resources I and Moot have created then there are a number of online free resources on the Moot website grey space and at cost through the Mootique.

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Sacred Cocktails discussions in a bar

Tommy Dillon sent me the link to this great initiative in the Episcopal Life - see link here

Posted on July 27, 2010 at 1:22am

Moot Community and its arts cafe lounge vision in the City of London

Some will know that some of us in moot have had a vision of developing an arts cafe lounge in central London for nearly 15 years. We have been to see what the Spurriergate Centre in York have done, COTA in Seattle, Sanctus 1 and Nexus in Manchester, and some church army initiatives around the UK.


We are pleased that we are making progress with setting up our own in the square mile in London, and more news about that shortly.


We are therefore…
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Posted on June 28, 2010 at 3:30am

interview with Brother Samuel, leading Friar of the Anglican Franciscans in England on New Monasticism

Ian Mobsby and Brother Samuel of the SSF in England, talked about Franciscan Spirituality and New Monasticism in the most recent Moot Podcast. To listen to this, click here

Posted on March 15, 2010 at 2:25pm

USA Version: Ancient Faith Future Mission - fresh expressions in the sacramental traditions

Really pleased to say that the first book of the Series Ancient Faith Future Mission is now on Sale in a North American version in the USA. This includes the original…
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Posted on March 7, 2010 at 7:24am — 2 Comments

Shane Claiborne talks to Ian Mobsby about New Monasticism and new ways of being church

In the Moot Podcast published today, Shane Claiborne discusses with Ian Mobsby, his insights around new monasticism as a particular model of anglimergent ecclesial community, and how this important ancient future approach resonates with today. To listen to to the podcast click here, to subscribe to Moot Community Podcasts, click… Continue

Posted on December 19, 2009 at 3:30am

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At 10:55pm on July 31, 2011, Moira Patricia Evers said…

Hi Ian,

 

tyvm ... what is the Ning site please?

At 9:11pm on July 31, 2011, Moira Patricia Evers said…

Hi Ian, I was very impressed by your input at our recent Clergy Conference in Bendigo ... Chelle Wade and I are hoping to start some sort of conversation about the possibility of establishing a new monastic community somewhere here in Melbourne ... keep us in your prayers please.

 

thanks again,

 

Moira

At 7:13pm on November 10, 2010, Mack Harrell gave Ian Mobsby a gift
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I really haven't the vaguest idea what I'm doing, but Phyllis Tickle I like, and Ian I like too, and Vicki has a crazy grin, so what the hey!
At 5:59pm on November 8, 2010, Fr. Thomas Beasley+ said…
Ian: I have benefitted greatly and been blessed by your post on the New Monasticism and by the Moot Community’s Podcasts. While I haven’t as yet become a part of any New Monasticism community, I will be doing my sabbatical with the Rutba House community in Durham, N.C. in February. We will see how things progress after that. I’ll keep you posted.-Fr. Tom+
P.S. My web page is here: http://home.earthlink.net/~beesknees/index.htm
At 5:39pm on June 18, 2009, Brad Garrett said…
Hi Ian sorry for the not so prompt reply. i must of missed email that said there was a comment...
I coordinate the Order of St Stephen in NZ.
below are our two statements:
• To build a network of young Anglicans aged 16 to 30 years, committed to their faith and to each other, living out ministry and mission through prayer, community and service.
• To maximize and resource the development of the Order of Saint Stephen across the diocese.

Tim Mathis is looking at establishing a sister order in the US. as you are friends with him im probably stating the obvious..

in NZ: Small group at the moment 6 members its existed since 2003 from Wellington Diocese.
Members develope a life rule around Prayer, community, and service.
I joined in 2005 then in 2007 Network coordinator steped down, i took over and began making the Order more of a National Order.
one of the things we now face is how dispersed we are spread accross NZ. Next thing will be to establish core groups in Diocese.

Order of St Stephen had exsisted in the 1960's and 70's in NZ thru Methodist church, then Anglican and Prebyterians started up their own also. They joined forces then over time it lost momentum and disappeared .

so what we have done is a relaunch but with a different focus. previously OSS was an internship type thing or seen as a cheap way to get a youth worker for a year or two....

now it is focused around Prayer Community and Service. 4 retreats a year, one of those being a national retreat where all members gettogher...

hope that helps to answer your question, once again sorry to take so long..
Regards,

Brad
At 7:36pm on May 15, 2009, Craig said…
Hi Ian, I found my way to Anglimergent via a number of web links after reading a couple of books: Emerging Churches (Gibbs & Bolger) and The Church at the Centre of the City (Ed. Ballard). Looking forward to becoming more familiar with this great resource.

Cheers,

Craig
At 5:05am on March 18, 2009, Benjamin Gilmour said…
Thanks Ian, Great to be here
At 6:38pm on January 24, 2009, Mark Brown said…
Hey Ian, I am based in New Zealand, are you making it to Wellington? What are your plans? Be good to catch up if poss.

I am CEO of The Bible Society in NZ, Ang. Priest and founder, Priest in Charge of the Anglican Cathedral of Second Life. Me blog is: http://brownblog.info/

Be good to catch up!
At 1:02pm on September 16, 2008, Ian Mobsby said…
Hi Eliacin
Thanks for the complement - I am very glad you liked it. It was written from the guts - such a shame it has such a low profile, so any blog exposure can give, the better
Cheers
Ian X
At 12:57pm on September 16, 2008, Eliacin Rosario-Cruz said…
Finally got thru The Becoming of G-d. Fantastic book. I was first interested in the topic by Leonardo Boff's books Trinity and Society and Holy Trinity, Perfect Community. I appreciate you bringing such a necessary discussion of the subject to our emerging communities.

Paz y esperanza,
Eliacin
 
 
 

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