Let us know who you are

To take part, the first thing you need to do is email us at steve@thebigchurchread.co.uk to let us know you’re taking part. You’ll need to tell us the name of your church and the approximate number of people who will be joining in.

Make sure each person taking part has a copy of the book

You can purchase copies from your local Christian bookshop, or directly from us here. If members of your congregation are buying their own copies then you can send them the link to this page, or if you’re buying in bulk on behalf of your church, contact us for the very best price.

Look out for the weekly email

Sign up to the mailing list for the Big Church Read you are doing and we’ll send regular updates, including when new video content will be going live. You can forward this to your church group so that everyone will remember to watch the teaching videos.

Read the chapters!

Depending on the Big Church Read you are doing, some books will have one video per chapter others will span two or three chapters, we’ll provide reading plans so you know what your supposed to be reading and when. Once you’ve watched the video your group can read the relevant chapters at their leisure before you meet to discuss.

Get together to chat, and see what others thought

Settle on a fixed time to meet each week over the course of the six-week Big Church Read. It might be that you decide to meet in person if you can now do that safely, or you might prefer to meet online. Either way, choose a time, tell your group, and get together to discuss what you’ve read. If you’ve got a large group, you may wish to split into smaller groups that gives more people the chance to contribute. We’ve put together a set of discussion questions for each week, which you can download here and they will help kickstart your conversations.It’s amazing what insights other people have and the different perspectives they bring. It’s why the shared experience of reading can be so enriching.

Tell others

If you want to tell others about it, you can use your church social media to invite others to join in, or your group can join in with other people doing the same Big Church Read around the country. Download our ready-to-go social media assets to decorate your page.

We hope you enjoy taking part, and if you have any questions at all, then we’d love to hear from you – just send us an email.