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Luke Edwards

Fresh Expressions Stories: A Dinner Church is Born! Luke Edwards | 1 Feb 2019 It meant a lot to me as a lay person to be in the Fresh Expressions training and feel like my ideas about starting something new were valid.
Five Boundaries that Make Your Experiment a Church Luke Edwards | 18 Oct 2018 When I first wandered into the wilderness of starting a new form of church, all I had was a Bible and a sense that something new was needed in our...
The Power of Tasting Delight Luke Edwards | 1 May 2018 It’s not often a tweet stops me in my tracks. A few weeks back, doctoral candidate, Joy Clarkson, wrote, “When someone hasn’t read a classic book, I always try to...
A Revolution of Belonging Luke Edwards | 11 Oct 2017 Lately, I’ve been hearing Fresh Expressions referred to as “trendy, cool, church for middle-class millenials.” While some fresh expressions might fit this description, it is at best a superficial description...
What is Church anyways? Luke Edwards | 31 May 2017 The most controversial aspect of my ministry, besides the fact that the church I lead meets in a bar, is that I have the audacity to call it ‘church.’ I...
Teach Us to be Good Listeners Luke Edwards | 24 Apr 2017 At last year’s Thanksgiving dinner my three year old nephew prayed, “Dear God, teach us to be good listeners.” Undoubtedly, it was a prayer picked up from Sunday School teachers desperate...
Want Your Church to Reach Young People? Luke Edwards | 23 Jan 2017 In conversations with church leaders, a question I hear often is, “How do we reach young people?” While oversimplified answers to such questions typically annoy me, I was struck by...
“Missional Worship” and Fresh Expressions of Church Luke Edwards | 19 Oct 2016 Last week, I was telling a person from another church in town about one of King Street Church’s fresh expressions, where the word of God is read and proclaimed in...
Fresh Expressions 101 (And What To Do Next) Luke Edwards | 12 Sep 2016 So you’ve just heard about Fresh Expressions. Maybe it was from a friend who’s into church planting. Maybe your bishop or pastor has been talking about it. Or maybe someone...
You Don’t Have to Leave the Church to Start One Luke Edwards | 29 Aug 2016 A few months back, I attended a church planting conference and saw my old friend, “The Lone Ranger Church Planter.” You may know him (or her). The Lone Ranger Church...
How 9 out of 10 People Found Our New Church Luke Edwards | 18 Jul 2016 Elizabeth thought it was hilarious that the new Fresh Expressions book called her a “person of peace.” I replied, “You certainly are a pretty aggressive “person of peace” (Referring to...
Above Reproach? When to Empower Risky Leaders Luke Edwards | 13 Jun 2016 One of my favorite pieces of advice in my training for starting a church was “Know the rule before you break it.” In other words, in starting a fresh expression of church, we...

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