Day: 3 September 2015

Revd Dr Michael Moynagh works for Fresh Expressions as Director of network development and Consultant on theology and practice.

Revd Dr Michael Moynagh, based at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, works for Fresh Expressions as Director of network development and Consultant on theology and practice. He is responsible for facilitating the development of networks of individuals leading fresh expressions of church, as well as drawing together and reflecting on all that is being learnt about fresh expressions of church. He also has a watching brief on theological education and research.

Michael is author of the Guide and has written extensively in the field of fresh expressions, including what has become a standard academic text book on the subject, Church for Every Context (SCM, 2012) – to which he is currently writing a followup. His other books in the field include:

• Changing World, Changing Church, Monarch, 2001;
• Liquid Worship, with Tim Lomax, Grove, 2004;
• emerging church.intro, Monarch, 2004
• Being Church, Doing Life, Monarch, 2014

From 1996 to 2013, he was a director of the Tomorrow Project, which worked with senior personnel in Government and the private sector to explore the future of people's lives. During that time he wrote extensively on social issues such as the future of the workplace, the future of globalisation and the future of the life course.

He is married with two children and five grandchildren. 

michael.moynagh@freshexpressions.org.uk.

Phone: 01865 284866

David joined the Fresh Expressions team in February 2014 as Church of Scotland Fresh Expressions Development Worker.

David's role is to encourage and support the rollout of fresh expressions of church across the Church of Scotland.

david.mccarthy@freshexpressions.org.uk.

Wayne Hawkins joined the team in November 2012 on behalf of the European Region of the Council for World Mission (CWM-Europe) as CWM-Europe Coordinator for Fresh Expressions.

Wayne joined the Congregational ministry in 1993. His first post was in Scunthorpe where he was involved in relocating the church and establishing a new ministry and mission in a new location. His second post was in Southam, Warwickshire where the church established a fresh expression for toddlers and carers called Paintpot. In addition, he chaired the Board of Directors for the church's Community Project, which now includes a lively community centre, community cafe, credit union and Surestart children's centre.

From 1997-2000 Wayne served the Congregational Federation as part-time local training co-ordinator.

Wayne now works for the Council for World Mission (CWM) as Regional Secretary for the European Region. In this role Wayne is involved in supporting CWM member churches in their mission programmes and developing a programme focused on encouraging and equipping churches for mission.

Wayne says,

I am pleased to be working in partnership with Fresh Expressions not as any kind of expert but as a learner alongside many other learners. I am excited by what God is doing to reform and reshape the church to reach out to others with the amazing news of God's love.

He is a keen musician and enjoyed watching TV, especially Merlin and Dr Who. Wayne is married with two young sons.

wayne.hawkins@freshexpressions.org.uk.

Andrew Vertigan joined the team in June 2013 as The Salvation Army Missioner for Fresh Expressions. His role is to get The Salvation Army planting fresh expressions of church across the country, continuing a long history of church planting in The Salvation Army.

For the last 20 years Andrew, and his wife Andrea, have planted from scratch and led a new Salvation Army church in Wetherby, Yorkshire. A number of new expressions of church have also been established since. The whole fresh expression of church here is based within a school and has seen many youth workers train there and then go onto full time ministry within The Salvation Army nationally.

Anrew has also headed up the Salvation Army on all things church planting over the last twelve years or so. He is also a rugby union fanatic and played for several years at a high level before turning his attention to refereeing.

Andrew and Andrea have three children Aaron, Nathan and Esther.

andrew.vertigan@freshexpressions.org.uk.

Linda Rayner joined the team in September 2011 as URC Coordinator for Fresh Expressions.

Linda is working as Fresh Expressions Coordinator for the United Reformed Church, which became a partner in Fresh Expressions in 2009. Her remit is to find out how local URC churches are establishing new ways of being church and encouraging them to explore Fresh Expressions.

Linda also heads up the development of our mission shaped intro course, continuing to develop and update the materials and encouraging the rollout of the course across the UK and beyond.

Linda formerly worked as Lay Learning and Development Officer of the URC North Western Synod, working with churches as they developed local mission strategies.

In her spare time Linda is studying for ministry, loves hiking in the beautiful Peak District and has recently taken up modern jive – 'more enthusiasm than expertise, but more fun than the gym!'

linda.rayner@freshexpressions.org.uk.