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 yet 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.

And 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.

  • Revd Cathy Stone describes how helping those on the edge of society has led to blessing for herself and the inherited church.

    Monday, 21 June, 2010
  • Adrenalin reached the end of its 'life' in November 2007, and the group's founder Revd Phil White has now moved on to be associate vicar of Holy Trinity Leicester. Phil's successor as vicar of Hope Hamilton Church, Revd Liz Rawlings, explains more.

    Monday, 14 June, 2010
  • One Leicester fresh expression combines faith and adventure.

    Monday, 14 June, 2010
  • Graham Harrison updates the story of the Taste and See café church in Kidsgrove, from expressions: the dvd - 1.

    Monday, 14 June, 2010
  • Revd Pamela Ive, parish deacon at All Saints,Tudeley, is thrilled at the development of Messy Church in her area.

    Wednesday, 9 June, 2010
  • Nightclub chaplain Michael French explains his work in one of the UK's most popular clubbing areas.

    Tuesday, 1 June, 2010
  • Ruth Poch tells of the first six risky, messy, up and down years of re:generation in Romford.

    Tuesday, 1 June, 2010
  • Revd Martyn Coe talks about starting a fresh expression of church on the Greenwich Peninsula exploring the sacred in body, mind, heart and spirit.

    Wednesday, 12 May, 2010
  • Revd Tony Cant discusses St Luke's-in-the-High-Street, focused around the weekly Walthamstow Farmers' Market.

    Wednesday, 12 May, 2010
  • Carl and Sarah Belcher talk about building a fresh expression with vulnerable people in a needy area of Lincoln.

    Friday, 30 April, 2010