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Celebrating Lent with Hungry People Joshua Hearne | 25 Apr 2016 For many of our folks, this was the first time they’d ever attended an “Ash Wednesday” service. After discussing what Ash Wednesday was all about—repentance, recommitment, preparation for the Lenten...
Is ‘Not Fitting In’ a Gift From God? 20 Apr 2016 Although I’m a newcomer to Fresh Expressions—it’s a movement and framework that I only heard about a few months ago—it has already made a significant impact on the way that I...
Emerging Church and Missional Church: Same Difference? Chris Backert | 18 Apr 2016 There is a great deal of confusion among those who are outside these realms of conversation over the emerging and missional church. Some believe these movements are synonymous with one another, while...
Ditch Your Church’s Mission Statement. Get a Calendar Instead. Chris Morton | 14 Apr 2016 The other day a friend asked me what my “philosophy of ministry” was. My answer was simple: put it on the calendar. You can go on and on about theology...
How to Innovate in a Traditional Denomination Luke Edwards | 12 Apr 2016 Innovative church planting is not something to attempt alone. We need the theological and structural wisdom of those who have gone before us. One source of this wisdom for pioneers...
10 Steps to Kill Your Church Show & Create a Participatory Liturgy Chris Morton | 12 Apr 2016 “The fact is, we’ll never be able to out-entertain the surrounding world.” The words came from a frustrated youth minister friend. They could have come from anyone who’s ever tried to...
My Biggest Barrier to Starting A Fresh Expression… Church People Luke Edwards | 11 Apr 2016 Church planters are prepared for barriers. Books, trainings, and good friends warn of budget challenges, leadership struggles, and working with finicky committees. Yet no one warned me about the biggest...
How to Follow the National Gathering #FXNG2016 Chris Morton | 4 Apr 2016 The Fresh Expressions National Gathering, AND: Being the Church at Church at Home and Everywhere In Between begins Thursday! If you have not registered yet, what are you waiting for?...
Eureka! Burnout Relief for Church People Chris Morton | 30 Mar 2016 Why do most stories of “successful people” seem full of struggle, despair and burnout? Why do churches and church people, become so inwardly focused that they don’t know how...
RENZO BONETTI: GET TO KNOW THE MONSIGNOR, DIRECTOR AND NATIONAL GATHERING PRESENTER 29 Mar 2016 At AND: Being the Church at church at Home and Everywhere In Between, you’ll have the opportunity to learn from women and men who have helped make fresh expressions of Church...
Announcing: From the Steeple to the Street Travis Collins | 28 Mar 2016 We’re pleased to announce our first book From the Steeple to the Street: Innovating Mission and Ministry through Fresh Expressions of Church is now available for pre-order! Get it here as an e-Book,...
2016 Fresh Expressions National Gathering Workshop Descriptions 23 Mar 2016 Friday Workshop Sessions 1, 2 (3:30-4:20, 4:30-5:20) Finding & Developing Pioneering Leaders (Room 326) Jo Saxton If our local churches are to reach their local community, we need pioneering leaders....

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