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Traditional Churches: Four Steps for Starting New Things and Reaching New People Jon Davis | 8 Feb 2022 Take a look around the majority of traditional, mainline denominational church and what do you see? Empty pews, empty classrooms, empty bank accounts; a skeleton congregation compared to the good old...
Why We NEED Fresh Expressions of Church Kris Beckert | 13 Nov 2019 “Excuse me, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop on your conversation, but I wanted you to know I don’t go to church but would go to something like that.”
Navigating the Both/And World through Fresh Expressions Ann Marie Carley | 16 Sep 2019 This gift of discomfort was the catalyst needed to birth a movement of fresh expressions of church.
Fresh Expressions: For Such a Time as This! Ann Marie Carley | 28 Jun 2019 It became clear that without altering our expectations of what church had to look like, our church as we knew and loved it would be in danger of no longer existing.
Why Fresh Expressions Matter Chris Backert | 24 Apr 2019 Fresh Expressions believes that God is moving greatly through new churches but without involving the established church in a variety of ways, our ability to engage our shifting culture will fall increasingly short.
Indiana Conference of The United Methodist Church Partners with Fresh Expressions! 18 Mar 2019 We expect that Fresh Expressions will play a vital part in our churches and members reaching our missional goal of 'Living as those who are sent to connect people to Jesus’ now and for the foreseeable future."
Fresh Expressions and the Episcopal/Anglican Church Jon Davis | 4 Jan 2019 How do we blend Fresh Expressions with Episcopal / Anglican traditional forms?
Mission St. Church/ The Way Station Community Connor Janney | 5 Dec 2018 Although a young church, The Way Station Community has already experienced great hardship, great joy, and great displays of God’s grace and provision. The group was founded by Reverend Graham...
Make Methodism Vile Again Michael Beck | 25 Oct 2018 I was recently working with one of our districts in the Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church to set up a district fresh expressions team. I was sharing about...
6 Ways to Begin Casting Vision for Your Congregation Shannon Kiser | 12 Jun 2018 “How do you catch a traditional, homogenous congregation onto new-ness in mission as a layperson?” If you get focused on trying to “win” an entire traditional, homogenous congregation into a...
4 Ways the Church Can Belay Fresh Expressions of Church Matt Hill | 29 May 2018 Rock climbing for a seven-year-old? Really? A year ago, my seven-year-old son Aaron had the opportunity to go with a friend to a local rock climbing center. Not the type...
How Large Churches Can Overcome the Struggle to Engage Neighborhoods David Fitch | 26 Feb 2018 Join David Fitch Wednesday, February 28th for a webinar on this topic. Register here. About ten years ago, Willow Creek, an iconic American church, sought to ‘engage’ its neighborhoods by...

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