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Fresh Expressions

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Jon Davis

“Why,” “Cravings” and Other Essential Starting Points for Ministry Leaders with No Leadership Team Jon Davis | 22 Jan 2023 We know for any organization to survive and prosper you need to have a team of people working together. Maybe you don’t currently have a team but you know you...
Advent, Christmas and Epiphany: Finding Missional Opportunities in The Cycle of Light Jon Davis | 27 Nov 2022 I spend a lot of my life paying attention to rhythms. The seasons; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, loom large as they usher in familiar patterns and moments that transport me...
Advent: Casting Aside Distractions Jon Davis | 14 Nov 2022 Christmas, a moment designed by the Church to remember the miracle of God becoming man, has drifted into an existential consumerism. It is about things and even more so trying...
Hurricane Ian: Support for Dinner Churches and Others Jon Davis | 5 Oct 2022 I have lived in Florida for over 35 years and have weathered more than a dozen hurricanes and been part of recovery and rebuilding work following severe and massive storms....
How to Talk to People About Dinner Church Jon Davis | 29 Aug 2022 If you are excited about starting a new expression of church, such as a Dinner Church, you may struggle to discuss this with people in your congregation. New things, new ways...
Community Dinner: How a Small Church Started is Meeting New People Jon Davis | 6 Jun 2022 In Cedar Key, Florida the pandemic brought a pause to ministry events and gathering of people. We did not stop dreaming, hoping and planning for a new missional focus reaching...
Traditional Churches: Four Steps for Starting New Things and Reaching New People Jon Davis | 8 Feb 2022 Take a look around the majority of traditional, mainline denominational church and what do you see? Empty pews, empty classrooms, empty bank accounts; a skeleton congregation compared to the good old...
The Path to Fresh Expressions in a Traditional Church Jon Davis | 16 Nov 2021 Fresh Expressions in a Traditional Church. Take a look around the majority of traditional, mainline denominational church and what do you see? Empty pews, empty classrooms, empty bank accounts; a...
Challenges and Opportunities on Halloween 2021 Jon Davis | 25 Oct 2021 As much as the pandemic has given us unprecedented challenges in the church’s mission it has also given us opportunities to try new things and adapt the former things to...
How Does God Want Us to Use Our Buildings? Jon Davis | 5 Aug 2021 On February 27th 380 AD Christianity became the official state religion of the Roman Empire and many would say in that moment the era of Christendom began. We can make...
Holy Week- What Comes Before Resurrection Jon Davis | 2 Apr 2021 Just over a year ago, the world changed dramatically as we entered a pandemic landscape with masks, social distancing, staying at home, and more. We had a year of social...
There’s Something About Mary Jon Davis | 22 Dec 2020 Believe it or not, Mary has a lot to say to us about mission and discipleship. We can have a number of focal points in telling the Christmas story; prophecies...

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