What Happens When We Listen?
What Happens When We Listen? For more than twenty years, the Fresh Expressions movement has been gaining momentum because a growing number of pioneers have been asking a deceptively simple…
Big Thanks, New Beginnings: Tim Lea Moves On
It’s hard to put into words what Tim Lea has meant to the Fresh Expressions movement. He’s been part of the story almost from the start, not just shaping things…
The Courage to…
Lessons learned at Our Partners Learning Community in March 2025. Last week, we gathered for our FX Denominational Partners Learning Community under the theme 'The Courage to...'. It was a rich…
A tale of Story and Song
Back in mid-June, we took a trip down to the beautiful village of Downderry in Cornwall where we got together with a group of pioneers from the southwest. With this…
Turning a Dream into Reality
Turning a dream into reality "When I speak of creativity I am referring to 'dreamers who do' - that is those rather rare people who are gifted at both dreaming…
Oxford Diocese launch ambitious Church Planting Plan
Oxford Diocese have announced the appointment of Revd Will Donaldson as Director of New Congregations. His job description is to oversee the ambitious plan of planted 750 new congregations in…
Theological Pictures
Fresh Expressions are all about re-imaging church in ways which are contextual, authentic, missional and ecclesial. Put more simply we try to build Fresh Expressions which fit where they are,…
The Christmas Story : A Fresh Expression
I have always loved Christmas. I am one of those people who, whether you like it or lump it, turns the Christmas songs on in November and gets their Christmas…
Good news in Research
This autumn we have seen a raft of encouraging and impactful research released about the impact of Fresh Expressions around the country. Here at FX HQ we’ve been taking the…
Passionate Believers, Daring Dreamers
Last week saw the Salvation Army tribe get together for their Pioneer Gathering. We asked Fresh Expressions partner, Andrew Vertigan to share a little about the gathering and then take…