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Buzz!. Chat about… examples of Fresh Expressions of Church you know of and why they are Fresh Expressions of Church. What are Fresh Expressions of Church?. Messy Church Evangelical Alternative Worship For Urban Mums and Toddlers For Rural Outreach For big churches

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  1. Buzz! Chat about… examples of Fresh Expressions of Church you know of and why they are Fresh Expressions of Church.

  2. What are Fresh Expressions of Church? Messy Church Evangelical Alternative WorshipFor Urban Mums and ToddlersFor Rural Outreach For big churches Church with a twistFor small churches TechnologyModern worship Youth Trendy Worship

  3. Help from the Middle Ages

  4. To sum up: A form of church… Primarily for the benefit of people who are not yet members of any church…. Set up through listening, service, incarnational mission and making disciples…. Potential to mature….

  5. Following the Missionary Spirit

  6. FXCs in Ripon and Leeds

  7. An FXC? The 10 parameters Is corporately Christian; a new and further group, not an existing one that has been improved Planters have tried to engage with non-church people in their context Meets at least once a month

  8. An FXC? 10 parameters 4. Has a name, that gives an identity 5. Is it Anglican? – Bishop sees it as part of the family 6. Some form of recognised leadership 7. The majority of members see it as their church

  9. An FXC? 10 parameters 8. Aspiration for the 4 ecclesial / credal relationships (up/holy, in/one, out/apostolic, of/catholic’.) 9. Intention to become 3 self – in context (financing, governing & reproducing) 10. An intention to be church

  10. Numbers of FXCs in diocese • Number of fxC 39 • Number of churches 256 • FXC percentage 15.2% • Av. Church size 62.9 • Av. FXC size 30

  11. How many in our FXCs? Attendance is 1083: 648 adults and 435 children Grown from the original 309: 239 adults and 70 children who began For every 1 person sent, over time another 2.5 have been added.

  12. Real numerical growth

  13. Where? • Clusters around: • Harrogate • South • North

  14. Traditions Evangelical 43.6 % Anglo Catholic 23.1% Charismatic 41 % Central 46.2 % Respondents often identify with more than one tradition. 44% FXCs offer communion

  15. Who is being reached? Around 2/3 of FXCs in R & L were set up to reach un-churched people. Just under half of their present membership are from unchurched backgrounds.

  16. What are we offering?

  17. Nightmare scenario! If we “lose” our understanding that FXCs represent growth and do not plan with them in mind.

  18. Dream Scenario: Every parish dreams of the possibilities of Fresh Expressions..

  19. Dream Scenario: More leaders trained: MSi in every parish All leaders take part in MSM

  20. Share the dream… Forget? FXC in every parish? Equip leaders Read report!

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