John Churcher is a Methodist Church minister offering a radical 'voice from the edge', supporting those on the brink of church life and those who have left owing to their rejection of creeds, doctrines and traditions.

In his latest work, 'Dying To Live' John Churcher does well to quote composer John Cage who once stated 'I don't know why people are frightened of new ideas. I am frightened of the old ones.' Writing from the vantage point of a Christian minister living and serving in an increasingly post-church UK, and with the same intellect and fearless scholasticism that hallmarked his previous work, 'Setting Jesus Free' John examines the Gospel of Mark with an eye to discover new ideas in the old text or rediscover those ideas long neglected. Notable, however, is that John has succeeded in presenting those 'new ideas' without any evidence of contempt for the established understandings, but as beautiful new facet to our unfolding understanding of the Divine. Readers will welcome this richly insightful and engaging commentary as a valued companion on the journey to a fuller walk upon the Jesus Way. (Roger McClellan, Director, Co-Founder, Progressive Christian Alliance [Anniston AL])

John Churcher is a Methodist Church minister offering a radical 'voice from the edge', supporting those on the brink of church life and those who have left owing to their rejection of creeds, doctrines and traditions.

In his latest work, 'Dying To Live' John Churcher does well to quote composer John Cage who once stated 'I don't know why people are frightened of new ideas. I am frightened of the old ones.' Writing from the vantage point of a Christian minister living and serving in an increasingly post-church UK, and with the same intellect and fearless scholasticism that hallmarked his previous work, 'Setting Jesus Free' John examines the Gospel of Mark with an eye to discover new ideas in the old text or rediscover those ideas long neglected. Notable, however, is that John has succeeded in presenting those 'new ideas' without any evidence of contempt for the established understandings, but as beautiful new facet to our unfolding understanding of the Divine. Readers will welcome this richly insightful and engaging commentary as a valued companion on the journey to a fuller walk upon the Jesus Way. (Roger McClellan, Director, Co-Founder, Progressive Christian Alliance [Anniston AL])

John Churcher is a Methodist Church minister offering a radical 'voice from the edge', supporting those on the brink of church life and those who have left owing to their rejection of creeds, doctrines and traditions.

In his latest work, 'Dying To Live' John Churcher does well to quote composer John Cage who once stated 'I don't know why people are frightened of new ideas. I am frightened of the old ones.' Writing from the vantage point of a Christian minister living and serving in an increasingly post-church UK, and with the same intellect and fearless scholasticism that hallmarked his previous work, 'Setting Jesus Free' John examines the Gospel of Mark with an eye to discover new ideas in the old text or rediscover those ideas long neglected. Notable, however, is that John has succeeded in presenting those 'new ideas' without any evidence of contempt for the established understandings, but as beautiful new facet to our unfolding understanding of the Divine. Readers will welcome this richly insightful and engaging commentary as a valued companion on the journey to a fuller walk upon the Jesus Way. (Roger McClellan, Director, Co-Founder, Progressive Christian Alliance [Anniston AL])