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How Did We Get Here? Giant Cultural Shifts and the Church Chris Backert | 14 Sep 2015 In the interest of renewing the church in her various forms, it is important to understand the development of the cultural milieu in which the church now finds herself. The...
Hear How One Denominational Leader Caught a Vision for Fresh Expressions 2 Sep 2015 Fresh Expressions US is a growing collaboration between pioneering leaders across different Christian denominations. While each group brings a unique tradition, they all hope to follow the Holy Spirit into...
A New Jerusalem–and Judea, Samaria, and Fringes of Earth Travis Collins | 24 Aug 2015 A look at the biblical book of Acts helps answer the question, “Why plant a fresh expression of church?” For one thing, some have noted that today’s Western cultures look...
A Better Question is: Why Do Any of Us Stay in Church? Chris Morton | 17 Aug 2015 There’s a big hubub about Millennials leaving the church. The same can be heard about baby boomers and, most recently, women. It would be easy to come up with a...
How Should Churches Organize for Mission? Chris Backert | 10 Aug 2015 Following the death and resurrection of Jesus, a new expression of the community of God’s people began to emerge. Some refer to this time period as the post-ascension era; others...
Five Signs of the Spirit Working in Pioneering Leaders Gannon Sims | 5 Aug 2015 What’s so different about these people? For the last few weeks, I have had the privilege to travel throughout the UK, a sort of pilgrimage to the birthplace of the...
Theology is Rooted in Mission, not Academics Travis Collins | 3 Aug 2015 Theology, the “Queen of the Sciences,” had its beginning in mission fields, not academic halls. The Christian faith’s most important theologian, the apostle Paul, was first and foremost a missionary. ...
Five Common Church Activities that Could Be Used to Invite People into Christian Community Kris Beckert | 27 Jul 2015 I have a love-hate relationship with church league softball. Playing on a church team marked the debut of my adult softball life and I love to play softball. Yet, the...
How to Create the Space that People Outside of the Church are Longing For 23 Jul 2015 Luke Edwards is a pioneering leader, helping form a fresh expression of church named King Street Church (KSC) in Boone, NC. He was recently featured in his local newspaper describing what...
Watch: A Messy Church for Families Who Don’t Know How Church Works 15 Jul 2015 Everything changes when you add in kids. This goes for starting fresh expressions of church. Here, Joy French describes an approach that uses different types of learning that help families...
Making Disciples in Fresh Expressions of Church Gannon Sims | 13 Jul 2015 The way we understand discipleship gets to the heart of what it means to be Church. Bob Hopkins, of the UK Fresh Expressions team suggests “If church becomes more of...
There was a man praying…’ – A Journey through Acts 9 Cheryl McCarthy | 8 Jul 2015 It was a Thursday evening. One by one 12 weekend sojourners found their rooms upstairs at Richmond Hill Retreat Center in Richmond, Virginia. As they entered their rooms, each discovered...

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