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freshexpressions.org.uk

freshexpressions.org.uk. all around the country. God’s spirit is on the move new types of churches and new types of ministers are emerging church leaders are encouraging them discussion is underway on contemporary missiology and ecclesiology. some examples.

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  1. freshexpressions.org.uk

  2. all around the country • God’s spirit is on the move • new types of churches and new types of ministers are emerging • church leaders are encouraging them • discussion is underway on contemporary missiology and ecclesiology

  3. some examples

  4. Download the video showing examples of fresh expressions from: www.freshexpressionsmedia.org.uk/videos%20for%20PowerPoints/examplesoffreshexpressions.wmv Report broken link to: ben.clymo@freshexpressions.org.uk

  5. strong mission focus • re-imagining church • commitment to mixed economy

  6. Blackburn a fresh expression is a form of church for our changing culture, established primarily for the benefit of people who are not yet members of any church missional – serving people outside church incarnational – listening to people and entering their cultureformational – making discipleship a priorityecclesial – forming church

  7. what a fresh expression isn’t

  8. what a fresh expression isn’t Download the video cartoon showing what fresh expressions are not from: www.freshexpressionsmedia.org.uk/videos%20for%20PowerPoints/medievalcartoon.wmv Report broken link to: ben.clymo@freshexpressions.org.uk

  9. attractional model come and join us eg. Back to Church Sunday

  10. engaged model see us and like us eg. Hope 08

  11. emerging model go and then stay eg. Fresh Expressions

  12. 2001: 72% claim to be Christian 2006: 47% ‘belonged’ to the Christian faith 1990: 50% of all children baptised 2006: 40% of all children baptised 1980: 99,000 confirmed 2007: 28,000 confirmed

  13. 1976: 63% of those confirmed were aged 12-19 2006: 37% of those confirmed were aged 12-19 49% of churches have no 11-14 year olds in their congregations 59% have no 15-19 year olds

  14. Between 1998 and 2005 number of 11-14 year olds fell by 11% number of 15-19 year olds fell by 27% number of 20-29 year olds fell by 29%

  15. nationally other churchgoers 9% 26% closed open 59% 6%

  16. nationally • over 60% of the population has no real church contact • they are from diverse cultures

  17. Preston • what do people know about church?

  18. Download the video of vox pops recorded in Preston from: www.freshexpressionsmedia.org.uk/videos%20for%20PowerPoints/prestonvoxpops.wmv Report broken link to: ben.clymo@freshexpressions.org.uk

  19. mission shaped diocese? • need for joined up strategy involving mission, ministry and finance • need to work ecumenically (FEASTS) • need for tough resourcing decisions

  20. mission shaped deaneries? all-age after school service youth congregation weekly communion increasing ‘episcopal’ role for area dean cell network small new-housing community

  21. nationally • Pioneer ministry – lay and ordained • Bishops’ Mission Orders • Continued thinking about ecclesiology

  22. moving forward • no standard model • long-term incarnational mission and ministry among the majority group who have never been part of church

  23. moving forward • many lay-led fresh expressions of church alongside more traditional models • strategic selection, training and deployment of lay and ordained pioneer ministers

  24. mission shaped diocese? Some easy first steps • church midweek • school • residential home • continuing from an Alpha course • etc

  25. Blackburn Some more difficult possibilities • church for those with serious problems • church in hard to reach places • church which will take years to develop

  26. Blackburn ‘long haul’ church ++Rowan ‘more, better, owned’ + Graham no quick fixes

  27. moving forward freshexpressions.org.uk • stories • e-xpressions newsletter • podcast • visit of +Graham Cray in 2011

  28. Jesus said: “Put out into deep water and let down the nets for a catch.” Luke 5:4

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