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freshexpressions.org.uk
Fresh Expressions
Fresh Expressions
General SynodFebruary 2010
General SynodFebruary 2010
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Mission-shaped ChurchMission-shaped Church
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EcumenicalEcumenical
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VarietyVariety
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VarietyVariety
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VarietyVariety
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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
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Three factorsThree factors
•New imagination•New permission•New resources
•New imagination•New permission•New resources
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vision daysvision days
• Redcompleted
• Greencoming up
• Redcompleted
• Greencoming up
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Diocesan synodsDiocesan synods
• Greenvisited
• Orangecoming up
• Rednot visited
• Greenvisited
• Orangecoming up
• Rednot visited
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mission shaped ministry
mission shaped ministry
• Redcompleted
• Bluein progress
• Greencoming up
• Redcompleted
• Bluein progress
• Greencoming up
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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
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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
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fresh expressions of church
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
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fresh expressions of church
fresh expressions of church
• 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.
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SustainabilitySustainability
•seasonal or self sustaining?
•developing indigenous leadership
•planting again
•seasonal or self sustaining?
•developing indigenous leadership
•planting again
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Changing the landscape
Changing the landscape
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FEASTsFEASTs
•prayer and strategy•training•resources•mapping•find/support pioneers
•prayer and strategy•training•resources•mapping•find/support pioneers
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The mixed economyThe mixed economy
•Catholicity requires both diversity and interdependence
•Catholicity requires both diversity and interdependence
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ChallengeChallenge
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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
Church attendance – England (2006)Tearfund research
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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%
Church attendance – England (2006)Tearfund research
Church attendance – England (2006)Tearfund research
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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
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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
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Pioneer ministryPioneer ministry
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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’
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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?
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Fresh Expressions
Fresh Expressions
General SynodFebruary 2010
General SynodFebruary 2010