
Stuart Murray Williams works as a trainer and consultant under the auspices of the Anabaptist Network. Based in Bristol, he travels widely in the UK and overseas and works with local churches, mission agencies, denominational leaders, conferences and individuals. He has worked with at least 25 denominations in recent years. His particular areas of expertise are in: •Church planting •Emerging church •Urban mission •Mission in post-Christendom •Anabaptist history and theology Under the name Stuart Murray, he has written books on a number of topics, including: The Challenge of the City published by Sovereign World in 1994 Explaining Church Discipline published by Sovereign World in 1995 Church Planting: Laying Foundations published by Paternoster Press in 1998 Hope from the Margins (jointly with Anne Wilkinson-Hayes) published by Grove Books in 2000 Biblical Interpretation in the Anabaptist Tradition published by Pandora Press in 2000 Beyond Tithing published by Paternoster Press in 2000 Coming Home: Stories of Anabaptists in Britain and Ireland (jointly with Alan Kreider) published by Pandora Press in 2000 Church Planting: Past, Present and Future (jointly with George Lings) published by Grove Books in 2003 Post-Christendom: Church and Mission in a Strange New World published by Paternoster in 2004 Church after Christendom published by Paternoster in 2005 Changing Mission: Learning from the Newer Churches published by Churches Together in Britain & Ireland (CTBI) in 2006 Church Planting in the Inner City (with Juliet Kilpin) published by Grove books in 2007 Planting Churches: A Framework for Practitioners published by Paternoster in 2008