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Fresh Expressions Podcast

Church for Every Context with Michael Moynagh Jeanette Staats | 22 May 2023 Fewer and fewer people find their way to a traditional church building on Sunday. So what would it look like to bring church into every context? Drawing on decades of...
Listening for Mission with J.R. Briggs and Mia Chang Jeanette Staats | 15 May 2023 Are you on a mission from God, or does it come from somewhere else? How do you even tell? In this session, J.R. Briggs and Mia Chang discuss their experience...
From Going Fast to Going Slow with Tod Bolsinger & David Fitch Jeanette Staats | 8 May 2023 How do you help an established Church change? How do you help “church people” think of themselves like missionaries? In season three, we’re opening up our archive of a decade...
Church Planting, Multi-Site and Fresh Expressions: What’s the Difference? With Jorge Acevedo and Heather Evans Jeanette Staats | 8 Mar 2023 Imagine a small, struggling church that not only experiences revival, but grows to multiple campuses and plants a thriving network of fresh expressions. Hear the story of Grace Church in...
Michael Frost on How Missional Begins with God and Why Some Churches are Thriving Today Jeanette Staats | 22 Feb 2023 Long before it became a buzzword in church leadership, the term “missional” provided a refreshing image of who God is and what it means to follow him. In this wide-ranging...
Why Rural Churches Need Fresh Expressions with Tyler Kleeberger Jeanette Staats | 8 Feb 2023 Rural Churches in North America are facing an overwhelming variety of difficulties. How might a fresh expressions help? In this episode, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how the fresh...
An Anglican and Pentecostal on How to Pray with Verlon Fosner & Jon Davis Jeanette Staats | 25 Jan 2023 Why is it that some pray to great effect, while others see little, and still others struggle to pray at all? Verlon Fosner and Jon Davis come from vastly different Christian traditions,...
Liturgical Mission with Winfield Bevins Jeanette Staats | 11 Jan 2023 Modern missional movements have often viewed the historic Christian traditions with suspicion. The old traditions may be beautiful, the thinking goes, but they’re too insular, focused primarily on worship and...
Love Languages and Church Remissioning with Michael Beck Jeanette Staats | 14 Dec 2022 What if the key to congregational renewal is knowing their “love language?” Michael Beck, in his efforts to help three different congregations experience renewal, learned that different churches are different. In...
From Church Plant to Dinner Church with J.D. Larson Jeanette Staats | 30 Nov 2022 J.D. Larson wanted to plant a church. So he raised support, gathered a team and launched. When COVID hit, they struggled to connect and decided to try something different. In...
Thriving Denominations with Chris Backert Jeanette Staats | 16 Nov 2022 Denominations and church networks often have auspicious beginnings but struggle to maintain their momentum. In this episode, Dr. Christopher Backert discusses why some denominations are thriving and why that matters...
Why Some Churches Adapt and Others Do Not with Tod Bolsinger Jeanette Staats | 2 Nov 2022 Things are changing faster than ever. Churches, like many organizations, struggle to know what to do. Occasionally, you find a church that seems to be able to take new challenges...

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