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Chris Backert

How Do New Considerations in Science Affect Religious Systems? Chris Backert | 5 Nov 2015 Shifts in the understanding of systems and organizations are essential in helping to form the next iteration of church collaboration. In previous posts, I have been writing extensively about the...
The Communications Shift and 21st Century Ministry Chris Backert | 7 Oct 2015 The Internet has transformed the world of the twenty-first century in much the same way that the printing press transformed the fourteenth century. If the transition from the pre-modern to...
How Did We Get Here? Giant Cultural Shifts and the Church Chris Backert | 14 Sep 2015 In the interest of renewing the church in her various forms, it is important to understand the development of the cultural milieu in which the church now finds herself. The...
How Should Churches Organize for Mission? Chris Backert | 10 Aug 2015 Following the death and resurrection of Jesus, a new expression of the community of God’s people began to emerge. Some refer to this time period as the post-ascension era; others...
You Might Not Have Thought How This is Reshaping the Church Chris Backert | 29 Jun 2015 It is a highly regarded fact that, throughout most of history, the majority of human beings have dwelt in rural areas. According to the Population Reference Bureau, as recently as...
Just How Much are Denominations Declining? Chris Backert | 26 May 2015 The declining influence of the church amongst emerging generations is no surprise to church growth analysts and statisticians who have been tracking these losses over decades in some cases. While...
A Proven Approach for Transforming Declining Denominations Chris Backert | 28 Apr 2015 In a day of declining attendance and finances, church leaders of all kinds are looking for new options as they consider the future of their ministries. Denominational staff and executives...
Five Simple Steps to Releasing Your Congregation’s Secret Weapon Chris Backert | 16 Feb 2015 One of the things I most love about the ethos behind fresh expressions of church is that almost any church can start a fresh expression. In fact, I am quite...
From Pew-Sitter to Pioneer Minister: How to Find Those Leaders You Didn’t Know You Had Chris Backert | 26 Jan 2015 We all know the ugly truth – there are lots of people that attend our churches who simply come and “sit”. They are there several Sundays each year and usually...
Four Practices that Create an Eco-System for Fresh Expressions of Church Chris Backert | 10 Nov 2014 One of the things that I love most about the fresh expressions movement is that it is not overly complicated. While there is a deep theology and ecclesiology behind it,...
Chris Backert: Why You Should Come to the Fresh Expressions National Gathering Chris Backert | 11 Mar 2014 Not long ago someone asked me why they should choose to come to the Fresh Expressions National Gathering over some of the other larger events related to the church and...
Chris Backert: An Advent–Pentecost Reflection Chris Backert | 19 Dec 2012 Many of my friends know that, at best, I am a “low-church” liturgist. A few years ago, most of the rigidity of the liturgical calendar was more binding than loosing...

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