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Reaching Minority Neighborhoods with Fresh Expressions Dee Stokes | 7 Aug 2019 Before you begin this process, be honest with yourself and ask why you want to plant a fresh expression in an ethnic minority neighborhood. If out of guilt or sorrow for the people, then DON’T DO IT! If out of a call from God, then DO IT!
Discover a Historic, Thriving Way to Do Church—While You Eat Verlon Fosner | 5 Aug 2019 Jesus himself used the dinner table and dinnertime throughout his ministry.
FX Resource: Jorge Acevedo- As You Go 5 Aug 2019 Beyond the walls of our churches and the tables of gatherings like this, our belief is that God is at work cultivating a modern-day mission movement empowered by the active presence of the Spirit within the lives of everyday churches and everyday disciples.
7 Practices for the Church on Mission- an FX Special Event 1 Aug 2019 What we used to define as “church” isn’t working anymore. Once-lauded methods for growing churches and discipling believers fail to get traction. The Church must find a new approach for...
More Grace, Less Judgment: Mercy Station—A Fresh Expressions US Interview 29 Jul 2019 "We’ve got this mantra that we use: More grace, less judgment. We’ve really, really pushed that with our friends. We don't care what your past is. We want to build your future. There’s just been so much change in people that we've witnessed and it's exciting!"
FX Resource: Brian Sanders- Church Can Happen Anywhere 29 Jul 2019 If the church is genuinely the people of God, led by the Holy Spirit, around the person of the resurrected Jesus, and there is no part of society beyond the reach of the triune God...then church can truly happen anywhere.
FX Resource: David Fitch- Fresh Expressions of Church and Everyday Life 22 Jul 2019 If the local church is moving toward becoming a community of missionaries, then we will need a re-imagined set of practices that shape the life of our witnessing communities.
Church in the Parking Lot: A Fresh Expressions Story Luke Edwards | 17 Jul 2019 Reaching out to the community has sparked a new energy in Snow Hill UMC. Pastor Johnston noted, “Sunday morning is on fire from the excitement of folks who thought we were dead, but now have hope.”
FX Resource: Michael Moynagh- Getting Started with Your Vocational Mission 15 Jul 2019 Getting Started on your Vocational Mission: What are some of the options and what are some of the practical considerations?
FX Resource: Graham Cray- Returning to a Mission-Shaped Church 15 Jul 2019 Graham Cray spoke at our 2014 FX National Gathering It’s no surprise that the culture in North America is changing. The U.S. is now one of the largest mission fields...
Common Pitfalls on the Fresh Expressions Journey Shannon Kiser | 10 Jul 2019 How many church committees have sat at tables in their buildings and strategized a grand plan for a fresh expression of church without ever connecting with the people outside their walls?
FX Resource: Michael Moynagh- A Theology of Mission and Work 8 Jul 2019 A theology of church for the workplace: Why fresh expressions at work should be part of the picture.

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