How will the western church negotiate the demise of Christendom? Can it rediscover its primary calling, recoverits authentic ethos and regain its nerve. If churches are to thrive, or even survive, disturbing questions need to beconfronted and answered. In conversation with Christians who have left the church and with those who are experimenting with fresh expressions of church, Stuart Murray explores both the emerging and inherited church scenes and makes proposals for the development of a way of being church suitable for a post-denominational, post-commitment and post-Christendom era. With chapters on mission, community and worship, Church after Christendom offers a vision of church life that is healthy, sustainable, liberating, peaceful, and missional.