What is the Guide?
The Guide contains how-to-do-it advice on starting, developing and sustaining fresh expressions of church based on shared experiences. All the material is based on listening to hundreds of different stories on how fresh expressions begin and are sustained.
What are the principles behind the Guide?
There is a detailed list of contents below, and the Guide can be browsed using the menus to the right of each page. You can also search for pages from the Guide using the search box above (which covers both stories and pages from the guide).
Essential fresh expressions
All the essentials of fresh expressions of church in just 21 minutes – if you’re new to the Guide, these seven three-minute guides are a great place to start.
Full contents
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| What are fresh expressions of church? |
| Five reasons to start a fresh expression of church |
| How to start a fresh expression of church |
| How to start making disciples |
| How to grow mature disciples |
| Reproducing your fresh expression of church |
| How to measure fruitfulness |
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| What is a fresh expression of church? |
A different approach to church |
| Unpacking the definition |
| What does a ‘mixed economy’ church involve? |
The Jerusalem and Antioch churches |
| What Christian principles lie behind fresh expressions? |
Community-in-mission |
| Creative experimentation |
| Communities |
| Human culture |
| Transforming society |
| Disciples of Jesus |
| Dying to live |
| Reproduction |
| Cultural diversity |
More on the homogenous unit principle |
| Unity across diversity |
| Fresh expressions in church history |
Antioch |
| The word of life in England |
| The Benedictines |
| Thomas Cranmer |
| Nicholas Ferrar |
| John Wesley |
| Charles Kingsley |
| Dorothy L Sayers |
| Why do fresh expressions matter? |
God’s call to mission |
| Post-modern society |
| Spiritual openings in society |
| Decline of Christendom |
| Strategic sense |
| Are fresh expressions proper church? |
Up |
| In |
| Out |
| Of |
| The essence of church |
| Is God calling me to be involved? |
How might a call come? |
| How might you be a gift? |
| How might you discern God’s call? |
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| Rural | Urban | Café | Workplace | Under 5s and families | Children | Older people | Online | Other faiths | New monastic | Learning disabilities |
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| A fresh expressions journey – the rationale |
| A fresh expressions journey – in detail |
| Loving and serving |
| Building community |
| From ‘loving’ to ‘exploring’ |
| From ‘exploring’ to ‘church’ |
| Manipulation |
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| How should we start? |
| What form should our fresh expression take? |
| How can we get support? |
| How can we navigate uncharted waters? |
Registering as a charity |
| How can we grow something sustainable? |
| How can we be a great team? |
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| A journey, not a course |
| Start where people are |
Discipleship and personality |
| Transform the whole of life |
| Commitment to a Christian community |
| Support of other Christians |
| Rethink worship, learning and practices |
Different learning styles |
| Dependence on the Spirit |
| Changing as society changes |
| Published resources |
essence |
| A Passionate Life |
| Living Faith |
| Come as you are… |
| The Imagine Project |
| Covenant Discipleship Groups |
| Freedom in Christ |
| Foundations21 |
| Glad You Asked |
| Discipleship Explored |
| A Life Worth Living |
| Lyfe |
| Fresh expressions resources |
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| Intention |
| Gradualness |
| Simplicity |
| Shared leadership |
| Multiplying leaders |
| Passing on your values |
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| Bishops’ Mission Orders |
| FEASTs (Fresh Expressions Area Strategy Teams) |
Possible values for a FEAST |
| Supervising a pioneer |
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| Intros |
For children, teens, all-age, 20s-30s, complex, retired, medium |
| Adoration |
For children, teens, all-age, 20s-30s, complex, retired, medium |
| Confession |
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| Praise |
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| Scripture |
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| Creeds |
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| Intercession |
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| Peace |
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| Lord’s Prayer |
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| Communion |
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| Blessings |
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