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Kris Beckert

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...
Four Questions to Ask to Avoid a Ministry Meltdown Kris Beckert | 23 Jan 2018 It popped across my newsfeed as the snow was falling outside. The first significant snowfall of 2018 had arrived here in Virginia, and I was sitting at my desk in...
5 Overlooked People in Your Church God May Be Calling to Start a Fresh Expression Kris Beckert | 3 Oct 2016 Back in the 8th grade, I played softball. I played on two teams and loved every minute of my time behind the plate calling the pitches and getting dirty in...
How I Survived a Two-Day Flight Delay Kris Beckert | 15 Feb 2016 It was not a good weekend to have plane tickets. It just so happened that the weekend our Fresh Expressions US team was scheduled to go to Florida to lead...
Don’t Forget Who Got Invited to the Manger Kris Beckert | 23 Dec 2015 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the...
What makes R2-D2 preach Kris Beckert | 21 Dec 2015 For our church, Advent was going to be a little different this year. While church people have been preparing themselves for the coming of Christ throughout the season of Advent,...

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