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Fresh Expressions

Fresh Expressions

General SynodFebruary 2010


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Mission-shaped ChurchMission-shaped Church



EcumenicalEcumenical



VarietyVariety



VarietyVariety

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Mission is:Mission is:

“seeing what God is doing and joining in”

“seeing what God is doing and joining in”

John V TaylorJohn V Taylor



Three factorsThree factors

•New imagination•New permission•New resources

•New imagination•New permission•New resources



vision daysvision days

• Redcompleted

• Greencoming up

• Redcompleted

• Greencoming up



Diocesan synodsDiocesan synods

• Greenvisited

• Orangecoming up

• Rednot visited

• Greenvisited

• Orangecoming up

• Rednot visited



mission shaped ministry

mission shaped ministry

• Redcompleted

• Bluein progress

• Greencoming up

• Redcompleted

• Bluein progress

• Greencoming up



What’s in a word?What’s in a word?

•fresh expressions of church

•the faith proclaimed and embodied afresh

•fresh expressions of church

•the faith proclaimed and embodied afresh



A fresh expressions journey

A fresh expressions journey

loving and serving

loving and serving

buildingcommunity

buildingcommunity

exploringdiscipleshipexploring

discipleship

churchtakingshape

churchtakingshape

underpinned by prayer, ongoing listening and relationship with the wider church

underpinned by prayer, ongoing listening and relationship with the wider church

listeninglistening do itagaindo itagain



fresh expressions of church


•contextual•a costly incarnational approach

•‘dying to live’•communities for the Kingdom

•contextual•a costly incarnational approach

•‘dying to live’•communities for the Kingdom





• As part of our Sacred Space solution we wish to launch a new type of Fresh Expression as part of the National Fresh Expressions campaign

• St Peter’s has the unique position to be a drop-in church for drop-in prayer and a new form of conversation and worship

• The aim will be to make us a true mixed economy Parish• This will be a long haul programme and will be completely

ecumenical in its expression – it is hoped that this will begin by 2012

• The Fresh Expression will be linked to our unique IT project with a light-touch approach. Our location right at the heart of the City, amongst all the shops, means we can put God on the High Street.

• As part of our Sacred Space solution we wish to launch a new type of Fresh Expression as part of the National Fresh Expressions campaign

• St Peter’s has the unique position to be a drop-in church for drop-in prayer and a new form of conversation and worship

• The aim will be to make us a true mixed economy Parish• This will be a long haul programme and will be completely

ecumenical in its expression – it is hoped that this will begin by 2012

• The Fresh Expression will be linked to our unique IT project with a light-touch approach. Our location right at the heart of the City, amongst all the shops, means we can put God on the High Street.



SustainabilitySustainability

•seasonal or self sustaining?

•developing indigenous leadership

•planting again

•seasonal or self sustaining?

•developing indigenous leadership

•planting again



Changing the landscape

Changing the landscape



FEASTsFEASTs

•prayer and strategy•training•resources•mapping•find/support pioneers

•prayer and strategy•training•resources•mapping•find/support pioneers



The mixed economyThe mixed economy

•Catholicity requires both diversity and interdependence

•Catholicity requires both diversity and interdependence



ChallengeChallenge



the major challengethe major challengeother10% church-

goers25%

de-churched

31%

non-churched

34%

other10% church-

goers25%

de-churched

31%

non-churched

34%

Church attendance – England (2006)Tearfund research




the major challengethe major challenge

open de-churched

5%

other10%

closed de-churched

26%

church-goers25%

open non-churched

1%

closed non-churched

33%

open de-churched

5%

other10%

closed de-churched

26%

church-goers25%

open non-churched

1%

closed non-churched

33%





Diocesan responseDiocesan response

•Many more churches planting a fresh expression of church

•The mixed economy the norm

•Plan and act ecumenically

•Many more churches planting a fresh expression of church

•The mixed economy the norm

•Plan and act ecumenically



The long haulThe long haul

•Long-term incarnational ministry among the majority group who have never been part of church

•Long-term incarnational ministry among the majority group who have never been part of church



Pioneer ministryPioneer ministry



Pioneer ministryPioneer ministry

•Supporting self-supporting pioneers

•Self-supporting cannot mean ‘left to sink or swim’

•Supporting self-supporting pioneers

•Self-supporting cannot mean ‘left to sink or swim’



The long haulThe long haul

•Who will our current forms of church never reach?

•Do we have a spiritual responsibility to those with no knowledge of the faith?

•Who will our current forms of church never reach?

•Do we have a spiritual responsibility to those with no knowledge of the faith?



Fresh Expressions

Fresh Expressions



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