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3. Fresh Expressions of Church

5. 2004 30,000 copies sold Unanimous approval at General Synod Discussed and implemented in Dioceses Influence in UK Ecumenical Worldwide influence

6. 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.

7. The Mixed Economy

8. both-and continue to grow and develop the church as it is establish fresh expressions of church

9. This is not new but fresh

10. A missional re-engagement with society

11. 2007 Tear Fund survey of 7000 adults in contact or not with church

12. “ this majority (66%) presents a major challenge to churches. Most of them are unreceptive and closed to attending church; churchgoing is simply not on their agenda.” Churchgoing in the UK. A research report from Tearfund. April 2007

13. Playing Away

14. A re-imagination of what church is (and could become)

15. The point of Fresh Expressions is the point of the Church itself, that is to provide a place where Christ is set free in our midst, if one can use such an expression…….. So you’re going to hear something now about being the Church, and being the Church of England, not about something marginal, something eccentric, but about the very life blood of who we are and what we are”.

16. A re-orientation towards whole life discipleship.

17. ‘a discipleship movement shaped for mission’

19. This is about being……….

20. Contextual

21. ‘ I have become all things to all people, so that I might by any means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.’ 1 Corinthians 9;16f

22. Shaped by the constants of the faith and the context of the mission. How is faith experienced and embodied now?

23. ‘ It is important to remember that what counted as an appropriate response to God in one generation and culture will be very different in another.’ Abbot Stuart Burns, Mucknell Abbey

24. ‘…do not try to call them back to where they were, and do not try to call them to where you are, beautiful as that place may seem to you. You must have the courage to go with them to a place that neither you nor they have been before.’ Vincent Donovan

25. ‘not leaving the tradition but driving to it’s heart’ Gerald Arbuckle, Refounding the Church

26. Missional

27. “The day of the churched culture is over. The day of the mission field has come.” Kennon L Callahan Effective Church Leadership

28. ‘ the church is missionary by it’s very nature……. the church does not have a mission but the mission has a church.’ Prophetic Dialogue. Bevans and Scroeder

29. “ we understood mission one way and organised life to accomplish it. We have awakened to find out the mission moved on us. To keep focusing on mission, we have to turn the furniture around and face a different direction. We may even have to move into another room.” Loren Mead. The Once and Future Church

30. ‘Mission is often described as if it were a planned extension of an old building. But it fact it has usually been more like an unexpected explosion.’ John V Taylor

31. Formational

32. The glory of God is the human person fully alive Irenaeus of Lyon

33. The details of the shape of Christian living

34. “ We are not inviting people to join an institution, nor to educate people in a process of interior transformation. We are inviting people into a renewed creation made possible by Christ through the Spirit.” Rowan Williams

35. How we see God • How we see ourselves and others • How we see our community • How we see creation and society

36. “If not part of a mutually discipling community the culture will disciple you.” Graham Cray

38. What kind of people are we called to be? What kind of community is capable of raising people like that?

39. Ecclesial Proper Church!

40. “And so from the start , where Jesus is, there is the church, the church is the assembly of those who are finding their relationships, their lives transformed by the presence of Jesus.”

41. “every expression of the church is, in it’s own way, another worked example of what the encounter with Christ looks like in the life of a particular community.”

42. “ the theological doctrine of the church cannot be simply expressed in abstract terms about the churches timeless nature. It will have to provide points of departure for reforming the church, for giving it a more authentic form. Faithfulness and the fresh start are not antitheses in the history of the Spirit.” Jurgen Moltmann, The Church in the Power of the Spirit

43. “what we need is the patience and nerve to start telling the story again and let the God of Mission recreate his church.” +Stephen Cottrell

44. Unity and diversity

45. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust

46. Who is the mission for? • Who is the mission by? • Who is the mission with?

47. To start something you need D x V x R x FS > PC

48. Dissatisfaction Vision Resources First steps Perceived cost DxVxR xFS >PC