YoumayhaveheardthatchurchesinEuropearevanishing.YetchurchgrowthinLondonhasbeensteadyfordecades,fueledbysuchinnovationsasAlphaandFreshExpressions.Whataboutoutsidethecapital?Some,bothinsideandoutsidethechurch,saychurches"cannotgrow."Butheretheyare--growingchurches--inthenorthofEnglandofallplaces.ThisisnotonlyastoryaboutEngland.Itisaboutgrowingchurcheswhereveryou'veheardthey"can't"grow.Godisalwaysuptosomethingpreciselywhere(wethink)Godshouldn'tbe.