Stories

Real life, real people, real stories.

There are no experts when it comes to starting and sustaining fresh expressions of church - no one has really been doing it long enough to claim to know it all. But we can learn from one another and so as you explore these stories, look for principles and values rather than simply models to take off the shelf and follow.

Of course, if you are involved in a fresh expression of church with the deliberate intention of starting a new congregation for those normally well off the radar of conventional church, let us know! Submit your story using the link to the right. 

Don't forget the power of a good story - Jesus didn't.

  • Irve Davis-Griffiths, youth minister at Uplyme Church, near Lyme Regis, tells of the Mighty Shed youth and creative fresh expression project.

    Monday, 14 May, 2012
  • Tim Lea explains what has happened at The Bridge since it featured on expressions the dvd - 1.

    Tuesday, 8 May, 2012
  • Tim Lea tells the story of the Bridge, a fresh expression of church in Hinckley, Leicestershire.

    Tuesday, 8 May, 2012
  • Four members of the X-treme fresh expression of church in Seascale recently braved the Irish Sea for baptism.

    Tuesday, 1 May, 2012
  • Revd Chris Lewis tells how Mount Zion Baptist Chapel' training garden is generating 'spin offs' which are reconnecting with the community.

    Monday, 30 April, 2012
  • Phil Wood explains how Wood Green Mennonite Church is piloting a 'walking' fresh expression in London - a mixture of walking, talking, prayer, liturgy and meditation.

    Monday, 23 April, 2012
  • Jeff Reynolds updates the story of Berkswich Luncheon Club.

    Monday, 16 April, 2012
  • Barbara Rigg reports on a fresh expression for older people in Stafford.

    Monday, 16 April, 2012
  • Mark Rodel is to leave Portsmouth in September. What is to happen to Sunday Sanctuary?

    Monday, 9 April, 2012
  • Gavin Mart is an artist, musician, student, pioneer and curator for the Engedi Easter Story exhibition running in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. He tells us more.

    Monday, 2 April, 2012