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Kris Beckert

Start Strong in Your New Pastoral Role By Introducing Fresh Expressions Kris Beckert | 14 Oct 2021 A new season of ministry-- whether starting as the pastor of a church, taking a position as a new staff member, accepting a new job, entering a new stage of life such as retirement, or just moving across town—is a place and time to reorient yourself and your team toward a posture of mission before you are pushed to settle in to a rut of expectations and needs. Like me, you may have come from a setting where you were doing cutting-edge stuff, starting dinner churches, pouring into leaders to begin fresh expressions of church, and getting people to think outside the box. But you will remember that did not happen overnight.
Four Changes to Embrace this Fall in Your Ministry Kris Beckert | 6 Aug 2020 Fall means change—and 2020 will most certainly be no exception. Sure, the days will get shorter, the temps cooler, and deciduous leaves will turn hues of orange, yellow, and red,...
First, Second, and Third Places are Changing—and so will our Ministry in Them Kris Beckert | 22 Jun 2020 Maybe you remember them too. I remember the days of sitting in the places where my sermon-juices most easily used to start flowing. I remember the plastic booths and tables,...
Does Your Church Have a Bucketlist? Kris Beckert | 6 Mar 2020 There is a strange freedom that comes with creating the bucket list, as you become less focused on what’s in front of you and more aware of what’s around you. The question is no longer 'why?' but 'why not?
The Biggest Reason Why Some People Never Start a Fresh Expression Kris Beckert | 22 Jan 2020 I remember my first few encounters with Fresh Expressions US, which seem so long ago—but not really… The first was a Vision Day I attended in Northern Virginia as a...
Why We NEED Fresh Expressions of Church Kris Beckert | 13 Nov 2019 “Excuse me, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop on your conversation, but I wanted you to know I don’t go to church but would go to something like that.”
Turning What You Already Have into a Fresh Expression Kris Beckert | 25 Sep 2019 “Tell me, what do you have in your house?” Sometimes people look at me like I have three heads when I share with them what it means to start fresh...
What the Church Can Learn from Macy’s Kris Beckert | 18 Sep 2019 For a number of years, the one-stop shop approach seemed to connect. It seemed to deliver. Until it didn’t.
What to Expect When You are Expecting a Fresh Expression Kris Beckert | 19 Aug 2019 1984 was an expectant year—but maybe not in the way you would think. Besides being the title of a popular novel and later film, this was the year that what...
Fresh Expressions: Cabin or Shelter? Which are YOU? Kris Beckert | 6 Feb 2019 Does your church building tend to serve more as a cabin—a place for members to congregate—or as a shelter—a place to deploy people into mission?
Why Your Church Resists the Change that Could Save It- and What to Do About It Kris Beckert | 14 Nov 2018 Sometimes the story feels like a rerun. It’s a story that seems to play out time and again: a church that is rapidly declining has a pastor or a denomination...
Prepare for 3 Changes You Can’t Avoid Kris Beckert | 15 May 2018 Seasons change. In some places, the differences between seasons are more extreme than others. You may own both ice skates and a bathing suit to use in the same lake...

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