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Fresh Expressions isn't just a UK phenomena! On this page you'll find information about a growing international movement. Read on... |
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 | | As Fresh Expressions in the UK has blossomed through God’s grace over the past four years, interest has arisen from various people and churches from overseas. This has prompted us to develop better international liaison, to increasingly support enquiries and develop an international network to include practitioners and researchers. | |
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In keeping with our philosophy of ‘not having all the answers’ (due to varying cultural contexts and the experiential nature of fresh expressions) we hope to share and learn from our international friends. Two international partnerships have been developed so far in Australia and Canada and we hope that more will develop over time. As new links are formed we hope they will be shared with us so we can include them in this page.
Other international interest has come from
- Sweden
- Demark
- Netherlands
- Diocese in Europe
- United States of America
- Chile
- New Zealand
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| We have mechanisms now in place which will allow our international partners to share and contextualise our learning resources such as vision days, mission shaped intro and the mission shaped ministry course for their own use. There are also a number of other resources to help the development of fresh expressions which have been written following the experiences and lessons that have been learnt by practitioners here in the UK.
However it is important that Fresh Expressions is not providing an off-the-shelf solution about new ways of being church in the 21st century but rather sharing what we have learnt so that you can discover what God is doing in your own context. We would like to learn from you by the sharing of your stories of what has worked and importantly the things that have not. Also we would like to see our international contacts form their own relationships with each other.
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 | | We have helped in a number of visits from individuals and groups on study tours and sabbatical leave and we are happy to help wherever we can by providing a speaker or contacts where we can. We are however limited in our resources and are spread over a wide geographical area (we do not operate a central or gathered structure) so we may not be able to organise a full programme for visitors. | |
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